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Asylum issues damaging Home Office relations with councils

The Home Office is ‘failing to work effectively with local authorities’ in clearing its asylum backlog, the National Audit Office (NAO) has concluded.

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By Martin Ford | 16 June 2023

The Home Office is ‘failing to work effectively with local authorities' in clearing its asylum backlog, the National Audit Office (NAO) has concluded.

Auditors found ‘strained relationships' had ‘undermined work on procuring accommodation'.

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