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7/24/2025, 7:47:16 PM
>A London council is offering asylum seekers 50 per cent discounts on renting e-scooters and e-bikes.
>Wandsworth council's Labour leader Simon Hogg has described the new deal with private firms Lime, Forest and Voi as 'win-win'.
>The south-west London local authority has published new details about what it calls an 'Access For All' agreement aimed at making the cycles 'fair, safe and affordable'.
>Eligible residents are described as people in receipt of benefits, children in receipt of free school meals, asylum seekers/refugees and children who are 'looked after' or care leavers.
>MailOnline has asked all involved how the discounts are being financed - and the cycle firm Voi has now said it would be covering 'full costs' to help provide 'a safe, sustainable and affordable way to travel to work, school or around the city'.
>This latest scheme comes amid recent revelations about how asylum seekers are using taxpayer handouts to fund their gambling habits - while Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp has highlighted fast food deliveries outside asylum hotels.
>Pre-paid cards given out to pay for basics including food and clothing are being used in gambling venues such as bookmakers, amusement arcades and even casinos, Home Office data shows.
>In the last year, up to 6,537 asylum seekers have used the government-issued cards at least once for gambling.
>Wandsworth council's Labour leader Simon Hogg has described the new deal with private firms Lime, Forest and Voi as 'win-win'.
>The south-west London local authority has published new details about what it calls an 'Access For All' agreement aimed at making the cycles 'fair, safe and affordable'.
>Eligible residents are described as people in receipt of benefits, children in receipt of free school meals, asylum seekers/refugees and children who are 'looked after' or care leavers.
>MailOnline has asked all involved how the discounts are being financed - and the cycle firm Voi has now said it would be covering 'full costs' to help provide 'a safe, sustainable and affordable way to travel to work, school or around the city'.
>This latest scheme comes amid recent revelations about how asylum seekers are using taxpayer handouts to fund their gambling habits - while Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp has highlighted fast food deliveries outside asylum hotels.
>Pre-paid cards given out to pay for basics including food and clothing are being used in gambling venues such as bookmakers, amusement arcades and even casinos, Home Office data shows.
>In the last year, up to 6,537 asylum seekers have used the government-issued cards at least once for gambling.
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