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Prime minister, Rishi Sunak speaks during a press conference in Downing Street in London, after he saw the Safety of Rwanda Bill pass its third reading in the House of Commons by a majority of 44 on Wednesday evening, January 18, 2024
RISHI SUNAK’S Rwanda deportation scheme costs could soar to half a billion pounds, plus hundreds of thousands more for each deportee, an investigation by the public spending watchdog found today.
The Home Office has refused to say how much more money, on top of the £290 million already confirmed, Britain has agreed to pay Kigali under the stalled plan.
But a National Audit Office (NAO) report revealed millions more in spending today — including £11,000 for each migrant’s plane ticket.
DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10
CLAUDIA WEBBE argues that Labour gains nothing from its adoption of right-wing stances on immigration, and seems instead to be deliberately paving the way for the far right to become an established force in British politics, as it has already in Europe
