Rwanda asylum scheme spent £50m on flights that never took off, data reveals

Home Secretary says 700m scheme did not result in a single deportation or stop any boats crossing the Channel

A failed Conservative plan to send people seeking asylum to Rwanda spent 50m on flights that never took off, new figures disclose.

The Home Office has also revealed that the scheme - which ran under Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak's administrations - spent 715m over two years on the plan - 15m more than previously claimed.