US EditionFailed Rwanda deportation scheme cost £700m, says Yvette Cooper
- The failed Rwanda deportation scheme has cost the British taxpayer £700m, described by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper as a “shocking waste of taxpayer money.”
- Over six years, the government planned to spend more than £10bn on the policy, according to Ms. Cooper.
- The £700m cost included £290m payments to Rwanda, chartered flights that never took off, detaining and releasing people, and salaries for over 1,000 civil servants.
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‘The most shocking waste of money I have ever seen’ – Tories’ Rwanda scheme ‘has already cost UK £700m’, says new home secretary
The UK’s Rwanda deportation scheme has already cost £700m (€830m) despite only four volunteers being sent to Kigali, the British home secretary has said, branding the policy the “most shocking waste of taxpayer money I have ever seen”.
Conservatives spent $900M to send only 4 volunteers to Rwanda, UK home secretary reveals
Rishi Sunak government was planning to spend over $12.9B on Rwanda scheme, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says, calling it 'most shocking waste of taxpayer money I have ever seen' - Anadolu Ajansı
Tories spent £700m on Rwanda scheme, Cooper says
The Conservatives' Rwanda scheme cost taxpayers £700m, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has said.The previous government had planned to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda to deter people from crossing the Channel in small boats.
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Shropshire StarRwanda scheme has already cost taxpayers £700 million, Cooper reveals
The Rwanda deportation scheme cost Britain £700 million despite only four volunteers being sent to Kigali, Yvette Cooper has said, branding the policy the “most shocking waste of taxpayer money I have ever seen”.
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