Keir Starmer axes Britain’s Rwanda deportation scheme, saying it was ‘dead and buried’ before it began

Keir Starmer speaks to the press this weekend. Photo: PA

Archie Mitchell
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Keir Starmer has said the UK’s Rwanda deportation plan “was dead and buried before it started”, confirming Labour has already scrapped the scheme.

The British prime minister said the policy was “never a deterrent”, pointing to the record number of small boat arrivals in the first six months of the year.