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Top civil servant summoned by MPs over increasing costs of Rwanda plan

Sky News Friday, 8 December 2023
The Home Office's most senior civil servant has been summoned to give evidence to a committee of MPs on Monday after he revealed the cost of the government's Rwanda plan had risen by £100m - despite no planes having taken off.
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