"Woeful budgeting" at the Home Office has caused repeated overspends on asylum, a fiscal watchdog has said.The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said the department had frequently spent far more than it had budgeted for asylum, border, visa and passport operations - and that the budget for 2024/25 was repeating mistakes made under the previous government by submitting figures it "knows to be insufficient".

"Woeful budgeting" at the Home Office has caused repeated overspends on asylum, a fiscal watchdog has said.The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said the department had frequently spent far more than it had budgeted for asylum, border, visa and passport operations - and that the budget for 2024/25 was repeating mistakes made under the previous government by submitting figures it "knows to be insufficient".