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The taxpayer cost of asylum hotels has rocketed in recent years, with total accommodation contracts now set to be worth £15.3bn over a 10-year period.

California, New York, Michigan, and Massachusetts together account for more than 95% of the “federal taxpayer losses” from the loophole in provider taxes, CMS said.

Among those who were apparently educated on the taxpayers’ dimes is Secretary McMahon, a North Carolina native who holds a degree from East Carolina University, a public institution supported by the taxpayers of North Carolina.

He claimed the hearing could cost taxpayers "in excess of a million pounds" in fees for "police lawyers."

Labour promised in its manifesto to "end asylum hotels, saving the taxpayer billions of pounds" but did not give a date when this would be achieved.