One of the most revealing aspects of getting a different party in government is the revelation of secrets the last government had. For example: were the Tories really going to spend £10 billion on Rwanda?
That’s the message from new Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, along with a claim that the Tories had already spent £700 million, without ever having sent a single person there:
Giving a statement in the Commons, Ms Cooper said the figure of £700m included £290m of payments to Rwanda, the cost of chartering flights that never took off, detaining hundreds of people and then releasing them, as well as paying for more than 1,000 civil servants to work on the scheme.
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The £700m figure is higher than those previously in the public domain, but includes additional costs such as for detention and civil service salaries.
Ms Cooper added that over six years the government had planned to spend more than £10bn of taxpayers’ money on the scheme.
Of course, the Tories – or at least one of them – have denied it. James Cleverly, the shadow Home Secretary, accused Cooper of using “made-up numbers” and “hyperbole”, saying the scheme was scrapped on “ideological grounds”.
He would, wouldn’t he?
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Were the Tories really going to spend £10 billion on Rwanda?
One of the most revealing aspects of getting a different party in government is the revelation of secrets the last government had. For example: were the Tories really going to spend £10 billion on Rwanda?
That’s the message from new Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, along with a claim that the Tories had already spent £700 million, without ever having sent a single person there:
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Of course, the Tories – or at least one of them – have denied it. James Cleverly, the shadow Home Secretary, accused Cooper of using “made-up numbers” and “hyperbole”, saying the scheme was scrapped on “ideological grounds”.
He would, wouldn’t he?
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