EXC: Wandsworth Council Using Funds Intended for Ukrainians and Afghans for Asylum Seeker Freebies

Wandsworth Council, which last week announced half-price e-bike rentals for asylum seekers, has been using funds from schemes intended to be used only to house Ukrainian and Afghan refugees to give freebies to asylum seekers. Are you surprised…

The council’s ‘Sanctuary Strategy’ runs from this financial year to 2026/27 and support’s the council’s work to hand out funds to asylum seekers and groups interacting with them.[…] Read the rest