Government struggles to cut foreign aid spent on asylum hotels12 hours ago Share Save James Landale • @BBCJLandale Diplomatic correspondent Share SavePAThe government is struggling to cut the amount of foreign aid it spends on hotel bills for asylum seekers in the UK, the BBC has learnt. The Home Office said it was committed to ending asylum hotels and was speeding up asylum decisions to save taxpayers' money. Getty Images The home secretary has previously said asylum hotels "need to end"Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said: "Labour promised in their manifesto to end the use of asylum hotels for illegal immigrants. "Now these documents reveal that Labour are using foreign aid to pay for asylum hotel accommodation – yet another promise broken." This will ultimately reduce the amount of Official Development Assistance spent to support asylum seekers and refugees in the UK.