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