£122m plan to house asylum seekers at Dambusters RAF base scrapped
- Posted on March 4, 2026
- By Express
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£122m plan to house asylum seekers at Dambusters RAF base scrapped

The decision marks the end of a bitter row that began under the previous Conservative government, which spent nearly £50 million preparing the base to house migrants as part of efforts to cut the £8 million-a-day hotel bill for 51,000 asylum seekers.