Plan to house asylum seekers at former Dambusters home dropped

Home Office says Tory plan to use RAF Scampton for accommodation does not represent value for money

RAF Scampton, the former home of the Dambusters, will not be used to house asylum seekers because the plan does not represent value for money, the Home Office has said.

The former airbase in Lincolnshire was at the heart of a plan by the previous, Conservative government to accommodate people who arrive in the UK by small boats and other unauthorised means.