The UK government, as announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves, plans to end the use of hotels for housing asylum seekers by 2029, projecting annual savings of £1 billion, approximately Rs 10,600 crore. This is part of a spending review aimed at reducing the asylum backlog, speeding up decisions, and cutting costs, which currently amount to over £8 million daily (around Rs 85 crore) for hotel accommodations. The Home Office is also allocating £280 million annually by 2028-29 to strengthen the Border Security Command. However, the plan has faced criticism, with some noting that the Labour government’s pre-election promise was to end hotel use within 12 months, not four years, and others highlighting ongoing challenges in reducing foreign aid spent on asylum accommodations, which reached £2.2 billion for 2025/26.