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  "textContent": "\n\n\nBritain is spending one-fifth of its entire aid budget on housing migrants and asylum seekers, a new report has revealed.\n\nResearch carried out by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) said this money, which is meant to be going overseas, poses a “serious risk to value for money”.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nIn 2024, £ 2.8billion was spent on housing migrants and asylum seekers – £1 billion more than the UK spent on humanitarian aid.\n\nHowever, Sir Keir Starmer announced in February 2025 that aid spending would fall to 0.3 per cent on gross domestic product (GDP), down from 0.5 to bump up defence coffers.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe report revealed that setting a figure for aid spend as a percentage of GDP and including asylum costs within this figure “undermined value for money”.\n\nReferred to as “in-donor refugee costs”, the report shows that spending on those fleeing their home countries reached 28 per cent of the entire UK aid budget in 2023.\n\nAs these costs fall under official development assistance spend (aid), increases in asylum spending means less money for overseas aid programmes.\n\nUnlike overseas development projects, which generally are planned government policies, asylum support costs depend on how many people arrive in the UK, the ICAI says.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThis means the UK aid budget can be significantly reshaped by migration pressures, rather than development priorities.\n\nForeign aid spending has been muddied with allegations of fraud and inefficiency for a long time.\n\nThere have also been claims that foreign aid spending supports hostile groups overseas.\n\nThe report also reveals that the UK’s spending on housing asylum seekers is “double or triple” that of other comparable nations and is the highest cost per head.\n\n**_MORE TO FOLLOW..._**\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * Illegal vape shops 'hand free vapes to children for sexual favours' in new grooming epidemic\n  * Bearded and wrinkled Sudanese illegal migrant is a CHILD rules immigration judge\n  * Labour fails to reveal how many illegal migrant families have accepted £40k payout to leave Britain\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards:The GB News Editorial Charter **",
  "title": "Britain spending one-fifth of entire aid budget housing asylum seekers as 'serious risk' exposed"
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