Firm running asylum-seeker barracks in Kent stands to earn £1bn

Ten-year government contracts to Clearsprings Ready Homes come into focus after complaints over living conditions

A company that runs the army barracks at the centre of a row over living conditions faced by asylum seekers stands to earn up to 1bn over 10 years for its government work, delivering multimillion-pound benefits for its owner.

Clearsprings Ready Homes, owned by Essex businessman Graham King, runs Napier barracks in Kent, where hundreds of asylum seekers have told of poor conditions and going without heating and drinking water after a fire.