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"So the government is banning the use of taxis from New year after it's been revealed: Now, the government has confirmed it has spent an average of around £15.8 million per year on transport for asylum seekers. With one taking a 250 mile journey to see a GP at the cost of £600: And on Friday, one subcontractor told the BBC his firm would do up to 15 drop-offs daily from a hotel in south east London to a doctors surgery around two miles away. These journeys alone would cost the Home Office £1,000 a day, he said. On a personal note, is this why you can never get a GP appointment because they are giving priority to asylum seekers??? I'm sure I'm not alone in the frustration with not being able to get a Drs appointment? The accommodation centres must have direct access to GP surgeries to be able to jump the queues and the frustrating E-consult system or the firewall that is the receptionist. So these transport costs are just the tip of the iceberg the costs to the NHS must be staggering. And this is only going to get worse. " This system was inherited from the previous party in control . As with asylum seeker hotel room finding contracts costing millions . | |||
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" Now, the government has confirmed it has spent an average of around £15.8 million per year on transport for asylum seekers. " Probably for a decade They’ve also paid £3bn a year (our money) on hotels while MOD sat on 10,000 long term empty homes costing the taxpayer £25M annually in maintenance. | |||
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"And the Foreign Office spends £13 million a year educating the children of diplomats. In 2023, the FCDO spent £13.8 million on 514 children in UK schools and an additional £24.1 million on children attending schools overseas. Why should diplomats children be given private education over other peoples children. " Where do you school the child of a parent that had been sent overseas? It is a fairly standard expat contractural obligation for companies to pay the school fees of children who can no longer attend a state school in the UK. I spent almost all of my childhood with my parents on overseas contracts and my dads company picked up my school fees. The government is no different here. If a company (or government) wants someone to work overseas then they know they have to pick up the associated costs. | |||
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" “Why should diplomats children be given private education [in schools overseas] over other peoples children” Because the seven-year old of the British Ambassador to Burkina Faso wouldn’t fit in at Ouagadougou Primary." I am sure that Ibrahim Traoré will have raised the standard of schooling there enough to reach the exacting standards expected by our diplomats! I hear of nothing but the good being done by his regime. There is a television channel devoted to enlightening the rest of the world which speaks highly of his achievements. | |||
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"And the Foreign Office spends £13 million a year educating the children of diplomats. In 2023, the FCDO spent £13.8 million on 514 children in UK schools and an additional £24.1 million on children attending schools overseas. Why should diplomats children be given private education over other peoples children. " I'm not a diplomat but its very common for children whose parent/s work overseas to have private education. My company paid for mine. The schools are set up so even if the child moves country mid term, they can easily slot into school very quickly. It been done for years and years. | |||
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"And the Foreign Office spends £13 million a year educating the children of diplomats. In 2023, the FCDO spent £13.8 million on 514 children in UK schools and an additional £24.1 million on children attending schools overseas. Why should diplomats children be given private education over other peoples children. I'm not a diplomat but its very common for children whose parent/s work overseas to have private education. My company paid for mine. The schools are set up so even if the child moves country mid term, they can easily slot into school very quickly. It been done for years and years." Yes, but the taxpayer doesn’t pay normally your employer pays or you pay it yourself and it’s typically because there is no free education and many countries | |||
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" “Why should diplomats children be given private education [in schools overseas] over other peoples children” Because the seven-year old of the British Ambassador to Burkina Faso wouldn’t fit in at Ouagadougou Primary. I am sure that Ibrahim Traoré will have raised the standard of schooling there enough to reach the exacting standards expected by our diplomats! I hear of nothing but the good being done by his regime. There is a television channel devoted to enlightening the rest of the world which speaks highly of his achievements." So a propaganda channel | |||
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"And the Foreign Office spends £13 million a year educating the children of diplomats. In 2023, the FCDO spent £13.8 million on 514 children in UK schools and an additional £24.1 million on children attending schools overseas. Why should diplomats children be given private education over other peoples children. I'm not a diplomat but its very common for children whose parent/s work overseas to have private education. My company paid for mine. The schools are set up so even if the child moves country mid term, they can easily slot into school very quickly. It been done for years and years. Yes, but the taxpayer doesn’t pay normally your employer pays or you pay it yourself and it’s typically because there is no free education and many countries" So you would expect a government employee (a diplomat) to pay for their children's education when on foreign duty. If their work was UK based, maybe, but I'm certainly happy for taxes to fund childs education while posted overseas. | |||
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" ... There is a television channel devoted to enlightening the rest of the world which speaks highly of his achievements. So a propaganda channel" You can rest assured that if I use the term 'speaks highly' in relation to television, there will be an element of sarcasm in my voice. | |||
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"They’ve only binned it because of public awareness, FOI etc. " So you're ire saying they listened to the public and took actions 🤷♂️ Sounds like democracy in action 👏 👏 | |||
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"So the government is banning the use of taxis from New year after it's been revealed: Now, the government has confirmed it has spent an average of around £15.8 million per year on transport for asylum seekers. With one taking a 250 mile journey to see a GP at the cost of £600: And on Friday, one subcontractor told the BBC his firm would do up to 15 drop-offs daily from a hotel in south east London to a doctors surgery around two miles away. These journeys alone would cost the Home Office £1,000 a day, he said. On a personal note, is this why you can never get a GP appointment because they are giving priority to asylum seekers??? I'm sure I'm not alone in the frustration with not being able to get a Drs appointment? The accommodation centres must have direct access to GP surgeries to be able to jump the queues and the frustrating E-consult system or the firewall that is the receptionist. So these transport costs are just the tip of the iceberg the costs to the NHS must be staggering. And this is only going to get worse. " Good news they have finally stopped this blatant abuse, but why has it taken so long for presumably the previous government and this one to fix something that should never have been allowed in the first place. | |||
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"And the Foreign Office spends £13 million a year educating the children of diplomats. In 2023, the FCDO spent £13.8 million on 514 children in UK schools and an additional £24.1 million on children attending schools overseas. Why should diplomats children be given private education over other peoples children. I'm not a diplomat but its very common for children whose parent/s work overseas to have private education. My company paid for mine. The schools are set up so even if the child moves country mid term, they can easily slot into school very quickly. It been done for years and years. Yes, but the taxpayer doesn’t pay normally your employer pays or you pay it yourself and it’s typically because there is no free education and many countries" The government is their employer. | |||
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"No service should be prioritised for asylum seekers, In my opinion they should get no more then anyone else. " There was an article in the Daily Mirror a few weeks ago, written by a doctor who the medical lead of a team covering three asylum hotels. So in at least one case they have direct medical care at all times and one can assume that is repeated elsewhere. The doctor's article was about his view that none of the men (and it was always men) would ever work in their lifetimes but he has a little hope for their children. Quite a depressing aticle tbh. | |||
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" There was an article in the Daily Mirror a few weeks ago, written by a doctor who the medical lead of a team covering three asylum hotels. So in at least one case they have direct medical care at all times and one can assume that is repeated elsewhere. The doctor's article was about his view that none of the men (and it was always men) would ever work in their lifetimes but he has a little hope for their children. Quite a depressing aticle tbh. " No prize for guessing which audience the doctor's article was aimed at! | |||
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" There was an article in the Daily Mirror a few weeks ago, written by a doctor who the medical lead of a team covering three asylum hotels. So in at least one case they have direct medical care at all times and one can assume that is repeated elsewhere. The doctor's article was about his view that none of the men (and it was always men) would ever work in their lifetimes but he has a little hope for their children. Quite a depressing aticle tbh. No prize for guessing which audience the doctor's article was aimed at!" What do you mean? | |||
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" ... No prize for guessing which audience the doctor's article was aimed at! What do you mean?" Is it really that difficult to work out? | |||
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" Now, the government has confirmed it has spent an average of around £15.8 million per year on transport for asylum seekers. Probably for a decade They’ve also paid £3bn a year (our money) on hotels while MOD sat on 10,000 long term empty homes costing the taxpayer £25M annually in maintenance. " The MOD houses were sold by Margaret Thatcher's government to Annington homes in 1996 so tax cuts could be offered to the rich. 36,000 of them were bought back in 2024 for £6 billion. The current costs and waste associated with their current use is substantially down to Thatcher's policies. | |||
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"The MOD houses were sold by Margaret Thatcher's government to Annington homes in 1996 so tax cuts could be offered to the rich. 36,000 of them were bought back in 2024 for £6 billion. The current costs and waste associated with their current use is substantially down to Thatcher's policies." Of course it is. 35 years after she left office, and with nearly 15 years of Labour government since then, it's still all Thatcher's fault. | |||
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"No service should be prioritised for asylum seekers, In my opinion they should get no more then anyone else. There was an article in the Daily Mirror a few weeks ago, written by a doctor who the medical lead of a team covering three asylum hotels. So in at least one case they have direct medical care at all times and one can assume that is repeated elsewhere. The doctor's article was about his view that none of the men (and it was always men) would ever work in their lifetimes but he has a little hope for their children. Quite a depressing aticle tbh. " It is the NHS Inclusion Health policy, that I think you are referring to. | |||
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