UK asylum seekers to be banned from taking taxis to medical appointments

Move, which is part of crackdown on costs, comes after it emerged Home Office spends £15.8m a year on service

Asylum seekers will be banned from taking taxis to medical appointments after it was revealed the Home Office spends about £15.8m a year on the service.

From February they will have to use alternative transport such as buses, no matter how urgent their medical needs.