Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper
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A company providing accommodation to asylum seekers has made nearly £187m in profits since being awarded lucrative government contracts, despite allegations of "terrible" conditions at the hotels it uses. Clearsprings Ready Homes is one of three companies with 10-year Home Office contracts to provide accommodation services for asylum seekers. The overall expected costs of these services have increased more than three-fold since they were signed - from £4.5bn to £15bn. Under current projections, Clearsprings - which provides accommodation services across the south of England and Wales - will be paid £7bn. Some asylum seekers in hotels that have seen protests this summer have told the BBC that frustration should instead be directed at those companies - like Clearsprings - profiting from their contracts for looking after migrants. Those Home Office hotel contracts have also come under scrutiny from MPs. Residents at some Clearsprings sites have told the BBC of poor conditions inside their hotels, and sent us photos and video diaries of the food provided, describing some of it as "inedible".
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