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‘Cloak and dagger tactics’: Tories paid Rwanda an extra £100m for asylum deal

‘Cloak and dagger tactics’: Tories paid Rwanda an extra £100m for asylum deal

Ministers criticised after civil servant tells MPs payment was made in April after £140m had already been sent

UK ministers have been accused of using “cloak and dagger” tactics after a leading civil servant revealed in a letter that they had paid Rwanda a further £100m to send asylum seekers there.

Sir Matthew Rycroft, the Home Office’s top civil servant, told MPs the payment was made in April after £140m had already been sent. He added that a further payment of £50m was expected next year.

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