Britain is paying firms with links to the Chinese government at least £15million a year to run three asylum seeker hotels in Britain, it was claimed today.

Hotels in Cheshire, Kent and Cardiff used to house migrants are ultimately owned by businesses close to the Communist regime.

They are among 442 assets and interests owned by Chinese individuals, businesses and state-backed groups in the UK which have a combined value of some £190billion.

Read more: UK taxpayers paying £15m a year to Chinese firms to run asylum hotels as part of Beijing’s £190 billion British business empire