'Most shocking waste of taxpayers' money ever seen': Scrapped Rwanda scheme 'has already cost £700m'

Credit: Sky News- Published on July 22, 2024
The previous government was set to spend £10bn on the now-scrapped Rwanda scheme, the home secretary has revealed.

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Published on July 22, 2024 -  01:31
Home secretary brands Rwanda scheme ‘shocking waste’
The previous government's Rwanda deportation scheme has already cost the British taxpayer £700 million, Yvette Cooper tells MPs, branding it the "most shocking waste of taxpayer money I have ever seen". The home secretary insists she will take urgent action to start clearing the asylum backlog in "one simple change" that she says will "save the taxpayer an estimated seven billion pounds over the next 10 years". Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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