The troubled Rwanda deportation policy introduced by the former Conservative government is "dead and buried", Sir Keir Starmer has said.The Prime Minister said he was "not prepared to continue with gimmicks" as he confirmed the multimillion-pound scheme to send some asylum seekers to Kigali is to be scrapped.Before the general election, Labour had vowed to stop the plan "on day one" if it entered government.

The troubled Rwanda deportation policy introduced by the former Conservative government is "dead and buried", Sir Keir Starmer has said.The Prime Minister said he was "not prepared to continue with gimmicks" as he confirmed the multimillion-pound scheme to send some asylum seekers to Kigali is to be scrapped.Before the general election, Labour had vowed to stop the plan "on day one" if it entered government.