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- How much the Home Office spends on asylum seekers as taxi service axed
How much the Home Office spends on asylum seekers as taxi service axed The Government has confirmed it has spent £15 8m a year on transport for asylum seekers Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has
- Asylum seekers BANNED from using taxpayer-funded taxis after migrants . . .
Asylum seekers are set to be banned from using Government-funded taxis after it was revealed taxpayers were picking up the £15 8million bill for annual travel expenses It follows the discovery of staggeringly extravagant journeys, including one migrant who travelled 250 miles by cab for a GP consultation about his knee, charging the Home Office £600
- Mahmood to scrap asylum seekers’ taxpayer-funded taxis
The review found the Home Office had spent around £15 8m per year on transport for asylum seekers in recent years
- Home Office axes £15. 8m migrant taxi bill after £600 GP trip revealed
The Home Office is scrapping a controversial policy that provided free taxis for asylum seekers travelling to GP appointments, in a bid to slash a massive £15 8 million transport bill Expensive journeys prompt urgent review The decision comes after a BBC investigation uncovered that migrants were travelling huge distances at the taxpayer's expense for routine medical checkups In one
- UK Bans Taxis for Most Medical Journeys by Asylum Seekers
The Home Office will ban most taxi journeys for asylum seekers’ routine medical appointments from February 2026, directing people to public buses and low‑cost transport The policy responds to a BBC investigation and aims to cut about $21 million in annual taxi costs Taxis will remain available only for exceptional, evidence‑based cases with advance approval—for disabilities
- UK Bans Asylum Seekers From Taxi Medical Rides
Key Points Announced on November 29, 2025, the UK government will ban asylum seekers from using taxis for most medical appointments starting February 2026, allowing exceptions only for exceptional cases with Home Office approval Revealed by investigations, the Home Office has been spending approximately £15 8 million annually on taxi transport for asylum seekers, with some journeys costing
- Home secretary orders urgent review into use of taxis for asylum seekers
The home secretary has ordered an urgent review into the use and cost of taxis ferrying asylum seekers between hotels and to and from medical appointments
- Home Secretary orders review of taxis used for asylum seekers
The BBC reported it had asked the Government how much it spends on taxi travel for asylum seekers through a Freedom of Information request, but was told the Home Office does not
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