Andy Burnham to rip up asylum hotel contracts in major migration U-turn

Andy Burnham would rip up asylum hotel contracts in a major migration U-turn, allies of the Greater Manchester Mayor have claimed.

Labour's Makerfield by-election candidate is looking to accelerate Sir Keir Starmer's commitment to close migration hotels after previously criticising Shabana Mahmood's positition on the asylum crisis.

The Home Office has been sitting on the opportunity to trigger a break clause with the 10-year contracts signed with companies responsible for sourcing asylum hotels.

Allowing the Home Office to negotiate or cancel the contracts between now and 2029, the break clause came into effect in March.

Mr Burnham's allies have said he was "very committed" to bringing contracts to an end with such private companies and would use the break clause if he succeeded into No10.

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