Critics Call Asylum Seeker Cash Plan 'Morally Repugnant'
Home Office proposes £100 weekly payment for asylum seekers to leave hotels. Asylum seekers currently receive £49.15 for living costs. Plan aims to reduce daily hotel housing costs of £5.5 million. Annual hotel housing cost is £2.1 billion. Voluntary returns scheme offers £3,000 for abandoning claims. Chris Philp called plan 'morally repugnant' and 'disgrace'