Asylum seekers housed in UK hotels to have allowance cut to £1.25 a day

Tens of thousands of people waiting for claims to be processed could sink into destitution, charity warns

Tens of thousands of asylum seekers forced to live in hotels in the UK while their claims are being processed will have their allowance cut to just £1.25 a day, the government has said.

Support payments for those in hotel accommodation will be cut from £9.58 a week to £8.86 a week in the new year, in a decision refugee charities have called “unfathomable”.