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Over £300m given to English councils to help house Ukrainian refugees unspent

Figure is about a third of budget from central government while thousands of families face prospect of homelessnessMore than £300m given to English councils to help Ukrainian refugees into accommodation has not been spent, while thousands of them face homelessness.Freedom of information requests to 150 councils in England, shared with the Guardian, identified that £327m – about a third of the £1bn budget – was still sitting in council bank accounts more than three years after Russia invaded Ukraine. Continue reading...

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