the home secretary, priti patel, had to personally approve the policy which could see immigrants who ve arrived in the uk unofficially flown to rwanda. 0pposition parties have condemned the proposals. i ve been speaking to our political correspondent, jonathan blake, who explained how it is that a minister is able to override a policy if it doesn t meet the usual criteria. it is relatively rare for the so called ministerial direction to be used to get things done, certainly not unheard of. as far as we can make out, this is the second time in 30 years it s been used at the home office. what it means effectively is the home secretary instructs officials to carry out a policy, in effect overruling or despite the concerns or objections of a senior official. it happens when a policy doesn t meet the usual criteria. in this case, it was all to do with the cost and whether it
what it means effectively is the home secretary instructs officials to carry out a policy, in effect overruling or despite the concerns and objections of a senior official. it happens when a policy doesn t meet the usual criteria. in this case, it was all to do with the cost and whether it would represent value for money. civil servants not able to say or work out or quantify how much money this would cost the taxpayer in the or how much it would save compared to what the government is currently spending on processing asylum seekers and refugee system. the home secretary pushed ahead with it despite those concerns, sources close to priti patel saying just because the modelling wasn t available, they weren t able to quantify the cost, doesn t mean they shouldn t tackle an urgent issue already costing the taxpayer huge sums of money, up to £5 million per day at the moment. putting people up in hotels
effect overruling or despite the concerns and objections of a senior official. it happens when a policy doesn t meet the usual criteria. in this case it was all to do with the cost and whether it would represent value for money, civil servants not able to say or work out or quantify how much money this would cost the taxpayer in the or how much it would save compared to what the government is currently spending on processing asylum seekers and refugee system. the home secretary pushed ahead with it despite those concerns, sources close to priti patel singhjust because the modelling wasn t available, they weren t able to quantify the cost, doesn t mean they shouldn t tackle an urgent issue already costing the taxpayer huge sums of money, up to £5 million per day at the moment. putting people up in hotels you cannot be processed. priti patel. it shows another