{"id":281598,"date":"2025-09-25T21:05:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T20:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-the-government-pays-foreign-national-offenders-up-to-2000-to-leave-the-uk-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T21:05:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T20:05:25","slug":"why-the-government-pays-foreign-national-offenders-up-to-2000-to-leave-the-uk-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-the-government-pays-foreign-national-offenders-up-to-2000-to-leave-the-uk-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the government pays foreign national offenders up to \u00a32,000 to leave the UK | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/1HsPEW8nnGY\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why the government pays foreign national offenders up to \u00a32,000 to leave the UK | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1HsPEW8nnGY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Foreign national offenders are having their sentences cut short and being paid up to \u00a32,000 to leave the country voluntarily.<\/p>\n<p>ITV News has filmed the money being handed over on cards &#8211; on the first deportation flight to be filmed.<\/p>\n<p>The Home Secretary said &quot;Out of context, it&#8217;s not great, it doesn&#8217;t look good&#8217; but she says it saves the British taxpayer money. 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