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New contract for housing of asylum seekers

The multi-national corporation Serco has been urged to sign up to a set of housing quality standards after being named as the likely provider of accommodation to asylum seekers in Glasgow.

The UK Border Agency has named six preferred bidders to take over the work for the next five years, after a Home Office tendering exercise.

In fact, there are only three winners, as the companies Reliance, G4S and Serco have been awarded preferred status for two regions each.Serco Civil Government is set to take over the multi-million pound contract from the charity YPeople in April.