Tories expected to announce end to deal with hotels to house asylum seekers

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Plan is intended to reduce £8m a day bill and is expected to focus on hotels in Conservative target seats

Ministers are expected to announce the end of deals with more than 100 hotels to accommodate asylum seekers, with a particular focus on Conservative target seats, as the government seeks to shore up support on migration issues.

A formal announcement of the plan, intended to reduce the £8m a day bill to house asylum seekers in hotels as they await more settled accommodation, had been expected to be made by Robert Jenrick, the immigration minister, on Tuesday.

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