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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
THE Tories’ Rwanda deportation policy will cost billions of pounds in public funds — four times more than processing asylum-seeker claims in Britain, new analysis shows.
The staggering costs of PM Rishi Sunak’s flagship policy are revealed in a new report by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) today.
It came as Transport Secretary Mark Harper wouldn’t guarantee that migrant flights to the east African country would take off before the general election, saying only that was the government’s “intention.”
The government’s latest asylum proposals abandon labour movement values and fuel division by aping Reform UK, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Government's plan means ‘extra cash for war and overseas interventions, but less for schools and hospitals,’ Unison general secretary Andrea Egan warns
