Here are the authorities that are housing no asylum seekers this year, until Burnham moves them in. There are 40 of them as of March 2026:
Burnham says it is a “point of principle” to get asylum seekers into areas which cost more for them to be housed. No10 will raise the Home Office’s cost cap on asylum accommodation in order to do so…
No10 said Burnham “acknowledges that it would cost more money to do it more fairly, but that is what we need to do.” In 2024/25 asylum accommodation cost the taxpayer £2.7 billion…
The above areas are likely to get their first asylum seekers under Burnham’s plans. Good luck…
Bookmark this from Andy Burnham:
2029: “that’s when the next election will be.”
May 2027: “Absolutely not.”
“No election any time soon.”
“All of this speculation on an early election, I can knock that dead.”