Cost of stalled Rwanda asylum scheme 'could soar to £500m'
Friday, 1 March 2024 The cost of the stalled Rwanda asylum scheme could balloon to half a billion pounds, plus hundreds of thousands more for each deportee, an investigation by the public spending watchdog found.
The cost of the stalled Rwanda asylum scheme could rise to half a billion pounds, an investigation by the public spending watchdog found. Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper MP condemned the latest findings, saying: "It's just gimmick rather than grip, that money should be used to secure our borders...
Rishi Sunak has expressed his hopes of getting the Rwanda bill through parliament and flights up and running by Spring. It comes as MPs are set to vote on the House of Lords amendments to the bill..
Friday, 1 March 2024
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