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Farage Exposes £50K Prison Costs, Demands Deportation Reform

6/26/2025

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Nigel Farage, head of Reform UK, unveiled heartfelt letters from foreign prisoners yearning for deportation. One inmate, convicted of grievous bodily harm, revealed the staggering £50,000 annual cost of his confinement. Alongside a desperate Indian prisoner and a Spanish inmate, they ignited Farage's fierce critique of the government's deportation policies.

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Nigel Farage, head of Reform UK, unveiled heartfelt letters from foreign prisoners yearning for deportation. One inmate, convicted of grievous bodily harm, revealed the staggering £50,000 annual cost of his confinement. Alongside a desperate Indian prisoner and a Spanish inmate, they ignited Farage's fierce critique of the government's deportation policies.