Asylum seekers being moved to a former Army base will be given taxpayer-funded therapists to improve their mental health, The Telegraph can reveal.

Around 300 male refugees will be able to access counselling as part of a healthcare package provided by the Home Office at Cameron Barracks in Inverness once they move in.

The Government is using the site, and another Army camp in East Sussex, to encourage less reliance on hotels as part of Sir Keir Starmer’s pledge to end their use.

Councillors were told this week that having trained therapists on-site meant the men set to stay there would bypass the city’s health services.

Critics described the commitment as a “slap in the face” to Inverness residents and claimed that migrants were getting “preferential” treatment.

Tensions have been high in Inverness since the plan was announced last October over fears the new arrivals will put pressure on already stretched public services….