Failed Rwanda deportation scheme cost £700m, says Yvette Cooper
by Eleni Courea Political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6PD4Z)
Home secretary describes Tory policy that Labour has axed as the biggest waste of taxpayer money I have ever seen'
The Conservative government spent 700m of taxpayers' money on the failed Rwanda deportation scheme, which has proved to be a costly con", the home secretary has said.
Yvette Cooper described the policy, which was introduced two-and-a-half years ago and sought to send UK asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing, as the biggest waste of taxpayer money I have ever seen".
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