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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Labour delay in ending Tories’ Rwanda migrant deal leaves taxpayers on hook for £100m bill, court hears

Labour failed to exit the Tories’ doomed Rwanda deal when it took office, leaving taxpayers on the hook for a £100m bill, an international court has heard.

Sir Keir Starmer boldly pledged on his first day in office in July 2024 that the Rwanda scheme was “dead and buried”, but the government failed to quit the deal until December 2025, the Court of Arbitration in the Hague, Netherlands, has heard.

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