The Rwanda deportation scheme cost Britain £700 million despite only four volunteers being sent to Kigali, Yvette Cooper has said, branding the policy the "most shocking waste of taxpayer money I have ever seen".In a statement to MPs on Monday, Ms Cooper claimed that the Tories had planned to spend more than £10 billion over six years on the Migration and Economic Development Partnership (MEDP).And she warned that high levels of small boat journeys in the English Channel are likely to persist ov

The Rwanda deportation scheme cost Britain £700 million despite only four volunteers being sent to Kigali, Yvette Cooper has said, branding the policy the "most shocking waste of taxpayer money I have ever seen".In a statement to MPs on Monday, Ms Cooper claimed that the Tories had planned to spend more than £10 billion over six years on the Migration and Economic Development Partnership (MEDP).And she warned that high levels of small boat journeys in the English Channel are likely to persist over the summer, blaming weak border control she said Labour had "inherited" from the previous administration.