'Kick in the Teeth' for British Taxpayers as New Council Houses to be built for Asylum Seekers

The Government has announced a new pilot scheme that will fund local councils to build new properties, as well as refurbish derelict properties, to make room for asylum seekers by leasing these new council houses back to the Home Office.

The Ashfield MP Lee Anderson took to social media to publicise his outrage.

Ashfield's Reform UK MP Lee Anderson has written to the Home Secretary describing the new scheme as a 'kick in the teeth' to the British people who he says 'are being treated as second class citizens.'

He took to social media to post:

"New Council Houses Exclusively for Asylum Seekers."

"I've written to the Home Secretary following the announcement of the new Government scheme that will fund local councils to build new properties and refurbish derelict properties to make room for asylum seekers by leasing these new council houses back to the Home Office."

"This is outrageous. How many times have I said that British people must be prioritised for British housing. Instead, thanks to Labour, we will have new council houses being built exclusively for asylum seekers, and the British taxpayers who are stuck in the housing waiting list are being forced to pay for it."

"It is yet again another kick in the teeth to the British people who are being treated as second class citizens."

"Here's a better solution to the asylum seeker housing problem: detain and deport."

You can read Lee Anderson's letter below.