Labour finally reveals full cost of asylum seeker 'how not to rape' guide after ignoring GB News

Labour has finally revealed the full cost of Home Office guidance given to asylum seekers after ignoring a Freedom of Information request from GB News.

Tory MP Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst asked the department about the cost to taxpayers on October 12, 25 days after the Home Office was supposed to respond to GB News.

The nine-page pamphlet, which was released by the Home Office on August 19, told asylum seekers both people must agree to have sex and consent cannot be given if someone is asleep, drunk, or unable to respond.

It also makes clear it is not acceptable to whistle or make kissing noises at people on the street, "make sexual comments to someone", and that women in the UK have equal rights to men.

In his written question, the Solihull West & Shirley said: "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Understanding behaviours and expectations in the UK: a guide for asylum seekers, published on August 19, 2026, the total number of copies of the publication that have been distributed to date; and the total cost of producing and publishing the publication to date."

In a response released earlier today, Home Office Minister Anna Turley said: "No physical materials have been printed, ordered or distributed and therefore no distribution costs have been incurred.

"The total cost of the development of the posters and the leaflets was £21,635."

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