Ruling follows legal challenge over amount of financial support given to asylum seekers during cost of living crisis

The home secretary is acting unlawfully in failing to ensure the rate of support for more than 50,000 asylum seekers is adequate by not implementing an increase of almost £5 a week recommended by officials, the high court has ruled.

In a case brought in the high court in Manchester by an asylum seeker known only as CB, the amount of financial support given to asylum seekers during the cost of living crisis was challenged. Internal Home Office advice to ministers was disclosed, which revealed that officials told ministers the current rate of £40.85 a week was no longer sufficient to meet basic needs because of the cost of living crisis.

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