Sunak says Rwanda plan a ‘worthwhile investment’ after soaring costs revealed
Rishi Sunak has insisted his Rwanda deportation scheme is a “worthwhile investment” despite the public spending watchdog disclosing the cost of the policy could soar to half a billion pounds.
In a revelation branded a “national scandal” by Labour, the National Audit Office (NAO) said the plan could cost taxpayers nearly £2 million for each of the first 300 asylum seekers sent to the east African nation.
The Home Office had so far refused to say how much more money, on top of the £290 million already confirmed, the UK has agreed to pay under the stalled plan but a NAO report uncovered millions more in spending including £11,000 for each migrant’s plane ticket.
