Priti Patel threatens action over ‘unfounded’ asylum seeker hotel claims
by Rajeev Syal and Diane Taylor from World news | The Guardian on (#663MM)
Exclusive: Ex-home secretary rejects claim she oversaw two-month pause' in finding rooms for asylum seekers
Priti Patel is threatening to launch a formal complaint after Home Office sources made a categorically untrue" claim that she oversaw a two-month summer pause" in finding hotel rooms for asylum seekers.
The former home secretary said she was considering writing to the department's top official after unfounded" briefings seeking to blame her for decisions made under her successor, Suella Braverman.
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