Migrants to be offered ‘big increase’ in cash payments to leave UK voluntarily

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UK currently offers payments of up to £3,000, but Mahmood insists increase will represent ‘value for money’

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Shabana Mahmood said she is considering “a big increase” in payments for migrants to return voluntarily to their home countries, insisting that the policy represented “value for money”.