Restoring order and reducing costs: How to close asylum hotels and save up to £5 billion
Think tank: Future Governance Forum
Author(s): Beth Gardiner- Smith; Emily Graham
November 25, 2025
This report from UK think the Future Governance Forum puts forward a three step plan for the government to end use of asylum hotels by 2026.
Published by The Future Governance Forum with contributions from Nesta, Labour Together, the Refugee Council and housing expert Kate Wareing, Restoring Order and Reducing Costs puts forward a three step plan for the government to end use of asylum hotels by 2026, three years earlier than its current timetable.
If implemented, the plan could deliver savings of between £3 and £5 billion for the Exchequer.
