{"id":168756,"date":"2025-06-08T23:01:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T23:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/168756\/"},"modified":"2025-06-08T23:01:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T23:01:13","slug":"uks-outrageous-migrant-hotel-bill-revealed-it-takes-every-penny-in-tax-from-all-people-in-city-as-big-as-manchester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/168756\/","title":{"rendered":"UK\u2019s \u2018outrageous\u2019 migrant hotel bill revealed &#038; it takes every penny in tax from all people in city as big as MANCHESTER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BRITAIN\u2019S \u00a34.7billion annual bill to keep migrants in hotels and look after them takes every penny of tax from 582,000 workers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The shocking number revealed today is equivalent to the population of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/where\/manchester\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Men standing outside a hotel.\" height=\"734\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MIGRANT-HOTEL.jpg\" data-caption=\"Britain's \u00a34.7billion annual bill to keep migrants in hotels and look after them takes every penny of tax from 582,000 workers\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MIGRANT-HOTEL.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Britain&#8217;s \u00a34.7billion annual bill to keep migrants in hotels and look after them takes every penny of tax from 582,000 workers<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Aerial view of Manchester city skyline at sunrise with frost.\" height=\"719\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/aerial-image-beautiful-sunrise-frosty-1001446685.jpg\" data-caption=\"The shocking new statistic is equivalent to every grafter in Manchester stumping up for asylum seekers through their pay packet\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/aerial-image-beautiful-sunrise-frosty-1001446685.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>The shocking new statistic is equivalent to every grafter in Manchester stumping up for asylum seekers through their pay packetCredit: Getty<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Migrants in a small boat in the English Channel.\" height=\"501\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"PA\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/b2a1fbf0-c0f4-4aa2-872b-5611427d1d1c.jpg\" data-caption=\"Jamie Jenkins, who did the research, said: 'This isn\u2019t just unsustainable. It\u2019s outrageous'\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/b2a1fbf0-c0f4-4aa2-872b-5611427d1d1c.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Jamie Jenkins, who did the research, said: &#8216;This isn\u2019t just unsustainable. It\u2019s outrageous&#8217;Credit: PA<\/p>\n<p>Statistics expert Jamie Jenkins, who did the research, said: \u201cThis isn\u2019t just unsustainable. It\u2019s outrageous. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A government that borrows billions each year, can\u2019t control borders, and taxes its citizens to pay for hotel rooms and housing for people who\u2019ve just arrived is not working for the British public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time for a system that protects the people who pay in. That rewards contribution. That puts citizens first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Latest figures show there were 32,345 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/politics\/35295752\/hotel-migrants-rachel-reeves-yvette-cooper\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">asylum seekers staying in up to 210 hotels<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It costs \u00a341,000 a year to house each, up from \u00a317,000 in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Ex-Office for National Statistics analyst Mr Jenkins found the average UK salary was \u00a338,224.<\/p>\n<p>Each worker pays income tax and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/national-insurance\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">National Insurance<\/a> contributions of \u00a38,081. <\/p>\n<p>So the entire tax bills of 582,000 people \u2014 equal to the population of Manchester \u2014 go on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/34174454\/dinghy-migrants-free-hotels-household-bills\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">housing migrants<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And it is significantly larger than the populations of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/where\/nottingham\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nottingham<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/where\/sheffield\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sheffield<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/where\/leeds\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The total is also higher than the tax contributions of every UK mechanic and HGV driver combined.<\/p>\n<p>13 migrants jumped from the back of a lorry at a Sainsbury\u2019s distribution centre in South East London <\/p>\n<p>A total \u00a34.7billion went on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/34865586\/asylum-seekers-costing-taxpayer-millions-daily\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">asylum support<\/a> in 2023-24 \u2014 \u00a33.1billion on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/35299006\/migrant-hotel-bill-labour-sun-says\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">accommodation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The rest went on grants to local authorities, running sites like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/where\/bibby-stockholm\/page\/2\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Bibby Stockholm barge<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/where\/dorset\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dorset<\/a>, plus \u00a349-a-week subsistence allowance. <\/p>\n<p>The \u00a34.7billion total was up on 2022-23\u2019s \u00a33.6billion.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 15,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/uk-immigration-crisis\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">illegal migrants<\/a> have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/35206550\/keir-starmer-illegal-migration-lose-control-channel-crossings\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">crossed to Dover<\/a> in 2025, up 42 per cent on this time year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/35228185\/ross-clark-migrants-action-small-boats\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">French cops<\/a>, given \u00a3480million of UK taxpayer cash, are failing to intercept them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Migrants in a small boat at sea.\" height=\"482\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"AFP\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/9dac538b-68f4-440e-b296-796698f47dda.jpg\" data-caption=\"Nearly 15,000 people have crossed to Dover in 2025, up 42 per cent on this time year\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/9dac538b-68f4-440e-b296-796698f47dda.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 15,000 people have crossed to Dover in 2025, up 42 per cent on this time yearCredit: AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BRITAIN\u2019S \u00a34.7billion annual bill to keep migrants in hotels and look after them takes every penny of 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