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Alternative Provision - by Polly Mackenzie

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Building a new generation of civic institutions

It’s hard to think of any policy less popular than housing asylum seekers in hotels. For those who think we are too generous to potential refugees, it’s a symbol of decadent luxury, taking over what used to be civic buildings. Those who support refugee programmes see hotels as a miserable stop-gap for someone fleeing persecution who wants the chance to make a real life for themselves and their families. So it’s no surprise, politically, that our putative next Prime Minister Andy Burnham has promised to ‘tear up the contracts’ with hoteliers. What’s more of a surprise is his lack of any real…

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