to the bbc news at one. ministers have been defending the cost of the government plan to relocate asylum seekers to rwanda, after it emerged that the scheme has already cost £240 million, with more money due to be paid next year. the prime minister rishi sunak is under pressure after vowing to finish the job of reviving the plan which is aimed at discouraging people from crossing the channel in small boats in the wake of the resignation of his immigration minister. our political correspondent peter saull has the latest. this bustling central african country is getting plenty of cash from the uk. in exchange for taking on migrants who cross the english channel, rwanda is receiving millions to boost its economy. but while the bill goes up and up, for flights carrying asylum seekers, the opposite is true. priti patel was the home secretary who first announced the arrangement with rwanda. the initial outlay, £140 million. then earlier this year, under her successor suella
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injunior wimbledon, and actually played against leylah back then, and did a lot of the same stuff. are you surprised by what she has done? surprised it has come so soon. we thought she would be top 50 in the world in a few years, and maybe top 20 from there, but it has not quite sunk in yet. where did you watch and how did you feel when she won it? just watching at home. obviously immensely proud, but excited as well about what this might mean for her career and how inspiring it can be for some of the youngsters, she is an ambassador for the lta youth programme, which is great, and why not get into tennis? this will inspire a lot of young players. i have heard a lot in the last 2a hours about the importance of capitalising on what emma has done. some people say not enough was done when andy murray won his grand slams to get the next generation into tennis and perhaps more could be done now. what do you think is really
where did you watch and how did you feel when she won it? just watching at home. obviously immensely proud, but excited as well about what this might mean for her career and how inspiring it can be for some of the youngsters, she is an ambassador for the lta youth programme, which is great, and why not get into tennis? this will inspire a lot of young players. i have heard a lot in the last 2a hours about the importance of capitalising on what emma has done. some people say not enough was done when andy murray won his grand slams to get the next generation into tennis and perhaps more could be done now. what do you think is really important now she has won this grand slam at the age of 18 to really capitalise on that success? i think it is great that the lta and the government are going to work together, there are a lot of courts in the uk that are not being used and need a bit of work doing, so hopefully a lot of money will be put into those to get the courts and resources into a good
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