Overview

• The Independent Commission for Aid Impact warns that UK aid for poorer nations will fall to 0.24% of GNI, marking the lowest rate in more than five decades
• Home Office figures indicate about 32,000 asylum seekers were housed in hotels at the end of March, down from over 50,000 in June 2023
• June’s spending review reduced the UK aid target from 0.5% to 0.3% of national income to reallocate funds to defence priorities
• Projected costs for asylum accommodation will total £1.8 billion in 2027/28, reflecting government efforts to phase out hotel use by 2029
• High hotel expenses have driven UK in-donor refugee spending to double the OECD donor average and triple levels seen in France, Germany and Sweden