UK councils urged to offer housing and support to fleeing Afghans

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Government calls on two-thirds of local authorities yet to come forward to make firm offers of help

Photograph: Cpl Will Drummee RAF/MOD/Crown copyright/PAPhotograph: Cpl Will Drummee RAF/MOD/Crown copyright/PABritain’s councils have been urged to come forward and provide accommodation and other help for Afghans fleeing the Taliban after the government said about two-thirds of local authorities had yet to confirm their support.

 

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....even tho we have a housing shortage in the UK for British citizens?

Thatcher 1980. Hates council housing. Right to buy. Houses not replaced. Councils starved of funds. Housing crisis. Millions on life-long waiting lists. Now, govt urges Councils to find housing for refugees from a twenty-year war in Afghanistan.

All of a sudden they have available housing? Odd!

Lots of wealthy tories could put some up in their huge mansions . . .

What actually happened from the international coalition in Afghanistan, these media reports are Fake

this is terrible news

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