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2024-08-13 12:57:43 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

There is no direct correlation to the reduction of pensioners fuel allowance to the claimed increase of asylum budget. There is an increase of asylum aid spend, but from existing budgets. This is a very partisan and divisive claim. https://icai.independent.gov.uk/use-of-the-aid-budget-to-host-refugees-in-the-uk-rises-to-4-3bn/#:~:text=The%20amount%20of%20aid%20spent,all%20UK%20aid%20in%202023.

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• There is no direct correlation to the reduction of pensioners fuel allowance to the claimed increase of asylum budget. There is an increase of asylum aid spend, but from existing budgets. This is a very partisan and divisive claim. https://icai.independent.gov.uk/use-of-the-aid-budget-to-host-refugees-in-the-uk-rises-to-4-3bn/#:~:text=The%20amount%20of%20aid%20spent,all%20UK%20aid%20in%202023.