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Labour Party 2024 manifesto's pledge

We will hire additional caseworkers to clear the Conservatives’ backlog and end asylum hotels, saving the taxpayer billions of pounds.

Made in Labour's 2024 general election manifesto, before the election that formed the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government.

Made 2024-06-13 · Where it was made · archived copy · Speaker's own words, quoted

What the official figures show

Asylum seekers in receipt of support housed in hotels, end of June 2026 (latest)
16021people
2026-10-23 · Home Office, Immigration system statistics · receipt
People awaiting an initial asylum decision, end of June 2024 (baseline)
118882people
2026-10-23 · Home Office, Immigration system statistics · receipt
People awaiting an initial asylum decision, end of June 2026 (latest)
40000people
2026-10-23 · Home Office, Immigration system statistics · receipt

These figures are repeated from their sources and update automatically. We don't say whether the pledge has been kept.