It would be cheaper to put asylum seekers up in the Ritz hotel in Paris than the government’s Rwanda scheme, Labour’s Jonathan Ashworth has claimed. Speaking to Sky News on Monday, 1 July, the shadow paymaster general criticised the cost of Conservatives’ plans to send asylum seekers to the African country. The government says it has so far given Rwanda £240m and the full cost “will be clear over time.” Labour has said will immediately scrap the scheme and divert £75m from it to a new Border and Security Command. Rooms at the Ritz in Paris range from €1,800 (£1,530) to €40,000 (£33,996) a night.