Send foreign criminals back and save £360m

HERE’S been plenty of speculation about the painful choices facing Chancellor Rachel Reeves as she attempts to make her sums add up.

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But shocking prison statistics have revealed a saving that would be far more popular than cutting benefits or raising taxes.

Thousands of foreign criminals are languishing in British jails, at a cost of nearly £360million-a-year.

It’s an eye-watering sum and the money could easily be put to better use.