Home Secretary James Cleverly spent £165,561 on a private jet for a one-day trip to Rwanda to sign a deportation deal.

Home Secretary James Cleverly spent £165,561 on a private jet for a one-day round trip to Rwanda to sign a deportation deal, according to official transparency data. The revelation comes amid criticism of the government's plan to spend £1.8m on each of the first 300 asylum seekers it deports to Rwanda. The trip cost more than £160,000 on flights alone and included a 14-person entourage.

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