Home Office wasted nearly £100m on plans to house asylum seekers, watchdog finds

Public Accounts Committee examined series of site purchases and found troubling culture that repeatedly wastes public money'

The Home Office's plans to house asylum seekers reveal a dysfunctional culture of repeated mistakes and weak internal challenge" that wasted nearly 100m, parliament's spending watchdog has concluded.

A Public Accounts Committee report said the department had a troubling culture that repeatedly wastes public money" after examining the acquisition of the 15.4m HMP Northeye site to house new arrivals.