Starmer Will Scrap Rwanda Policy Regardless of Legality

The Labour leader insisted the plan is expensive and unworkable as the Supreme Court is set to decide whether it’s lawful to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer addresses the Labour Party Women's Conference 2023 in Liverpool. Picture date: Saturday October 7, 2023.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said he will scrap the plan to deport illegal immigrants to Rwanda regardless of what the court says.

It comes as the Supreme Court is about to begin hearing the government’s appeal on Monday after the Court of Appeal overturned the High Court’s ruling that the policy was lawful.