The labor is considering legal action against the government after denying claims for more funds for housing, a Tory-Managed Council with the highest concentration of shelter seekers in the country.
Adjusts the highest ratio of hillingdon asylum seekers – 94 of every 10,000 residents – due to the number of hotels near Heathro Airport in Britain.
According to the latest data, some 3,010 people are being supported by the Home Office, but when their cases are finalized, they are evicted. Six hotels Become the responsibility of Hillingdon Council in Boro.
The local authority is paying for more than 100 refuge in the temporary housing, while others are paying for families. sleeping rough In tents in the area.
Council leader Ian Edwards said that the demand of Council Services left the authority with a shortage of £ 5.3M in 2024/25 – but this week, the Home Office denied a claim for money, claiming that the cash provided under the grant was sufficient.
Talk to IndependentMr. Edwards said: “Now we are discussing with our lawyers, my hope is that we have to challenge that decision.
“This is not about attacking the shelter seekers, they need support … but the idea that the government can detect and intensify the housing in our boro, and then we can expect our inhabitants to pay for it.”
After coming to power, Labor promised to speed up the backlogs and give speed to the applications taking shelter in a bid to save money at hotels. Data Published last week It was shown that the number of people waiting for the decision on an asylum application in Britain had fallen 12 percent in three months in March this year.
However, a large number of people needed the support of the council, such as Housing, Mr. Edwards said.
With the 3,000-Housing Hold waiting list for social housing in Boro, the local authority is buying more houses for temporary housing in an attempt to meet the demand.
More stress is also felt by the services of the council in education and health.
Now, after the government refuses to fulfill last year’s shortage on the support of shelter seekers, the owners of the local authority are considering the cuts in services for this financial year.
Mr. Edwards said: “It is expected from the government that the council has employees waiting to deal with this growth in work.
“It is putting unbearable pressure on our employees. We have not been configured just to deal with this huge pressure, which is falling on the shoulders of our residents.
“Once they are evicted and they come to our door, we pay from that moment.
“The government needs to prevent a local authority from burning with the cost of a national problem. This is a national issue. It should be funded at the national level. It should come from the government and stop this cash for us.”
London Councils, an organization representing London’s Boro, said that the BBC required more funding, in which the group estimated a lack of funding of at least £ 500m in its councils this year.
During a debate at the House of Lords last month, Labor Baronic Taylor said that the government was working to ensure a smooth transition for refugees for refugees, which was given the status of refugee.
He said: “We are working hard to ensure that shelter seekers get a decision quickly and we help local authorities to plan more effectively because we reduce the number of shelters seeking asylum in waiting for the decision.”
By supporting the shelter seekers, the burden on the council is ahead of the Chagos Islands to reach Heathro Airport, which was handed over. Mauritius as part of a deal last week,
With some Chagosian resistor for Mauritius control, it is not yet clear how many more will come. But last week, 129 British citizens arrived from Chagos Island in Boro, London, Mr. Edwards said, and the council is supporting 93 houses.
Mr. Edwards said: “The concern for the local authority is that the government has signed the deal, provides correct support to the local authorities who will now have to manage the results of that decision.”
The home office said it was working with the councils to reduce its dependence on hotels and funds have been announced to support local authorities.
A spokesperson said: “The government inherited a broken refuge system, in which tens of thousands of people got stuck in a backlog and are not being processed, millions of taxpayers are wasting millions of money. We are immediately deciding and raising returns so that we can end the use of hotels, and taxpayers can save £ 4 billion by 2026.
“We are committed to working closely with local authorities to work towards fair and equitable dissemination of housing and provide necessary financial assistance.”