Sir Keir Starmer, the leader of the Labour Party, has pledged to immediately cancel the Rwanda deportation scheme if he becomes Prime Minister. Starmer criticized the policy as a 'gimmick' and expressed doubts about its effectiveness and high costs, estimated at £541 million over five years. He emphasized that no deportation flights to Rwanda would occur under a Labour government, stating the policy would be scrapped 'straight away'. Additionally, the funds saved from the scheme would be redirected to create a new border security command, consisting of specialist enforcement officers and investigators.
Keir Starmer has announced that a new Labour government would scrap the Rwanda scheme 'straight away'. But is that a smart move, asks @richardmarcj 👇 https://t.co/JFxhrsDtBR
Watch Sky News at Ten: No deportation flights to Rwanda will take off under a Labour government, Sir Keir Starmer has told Sky News https://t.co/1wnXl8qrx4
Keir Starmer says no Rwanda flight will take off during Labour government https://t.co/GJxAIqFIaN
EXCLUSIVE: Starmer will halt Rwanda flights immediately under a Labour govt if KS wins GE https://t.co/DiVLpTVSKv
🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer announces he would halt Rwanda flights immediately under a Labour government "I'm not prepared to do government by gimmicks" [@BethRigby] https://t.co/G0FhhjtkRf
Sir Keir Starmer has told Sky News that no deportation flights to Rwanda will take off under a Labour government. Sky's Political Editor @BethRigby is live in Dover and reflects on today's announcements from the Labour leader ⬇️ https://t.co/XCgn7lKRzg 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602 https://t.co/WzM1vnXwN7
EXCLUSIVE: No deportation flights to Rwanda will take off under a Labour government, Sir Keir Starmer has told Sky News' @BethRigby ⬇️ Read more https://t.co/GPa1QH1NY7
No deportation flights to Rwanda will take off under a Labour government, Sir Keir Starmer has told Sky News. He told @BethRigby "there'll be no flights" as he wants to "scrap the scheme". 🔗 https://t.co/TWH4qx0Oxd 📺 Sky 501 and YouTube https://t.co/yJhcLk06AN
NEW @skynews i/v with Starmer 🚨Starmer rules out ANY flights to Rwanda taking off under a Lab govt 🚨Elphicke defection. Is he ruthless? “Yes, I'm ruthless in trying to ensure we have a Lab govt 🚨 On election, Starmer refuses to rule out a coalition w Lib Dems https://t.co/ZZToukEX09
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Keir Starmer has pledged to stop Rwanda deportation flights & funding from scheme – estimated to cost £541m over five years – to create new border security command of specialist enforcement officers & investigators. Plus 👇🏼 Latest from @elenicourea https://t.co/zwNY8ZL7ww https://t.co/eEjnveE6QD
🔺 NEW: Sir Keir Starmer said he would scrap Rwanda flights immediately after entering Downing Street but that a Labour government would not bring back migrants already deported to the African country ⬇️ https://t.co/tzHVujfGae
BREAKING: Sir Keir Starmer has said he has no doubt the government will get flights off the ground to Rwanda but Labour would "cancel the scheme straight away" if they win the next general election Read more🔗 https://t.co/fkOLu9WaO2
'As far as Rwanda is concerned, we will cancel the scheme. We don't think the policy is going to work. I'm not interested. It is a gimmick.' Labour leader Keir Starmer says: "We're going to get rid of the policy straight away" https://t.co/ZZGCePHjvN 📺Sky 501 https://t.co/lKBL27kY77
"We will cancel the scheme, we don't think the policy is going to work and we think it costs a fortune" Labour's Sir Keir Starmer calls the Rwanda scheme a "gimmick" https://t.co/PAiZ4D1jU3 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube https://t.co/VrzxAsG9iR
🔴 A Labour government would scrap Rwanda migrant deportation flights “straight away”, Sir Keir Starmer said Follow the latest ⤵️ https://t.co/X0rfEHOas1 https://t.co/pI5GczUpMC
Sir Keir Starmer to scrap 'gimmick' Rwanda scheme if he becomes next Prime Minister | @AnushkaAsthana writes https://t.co/7VE0ckO3pV