It cost £165,000 for the home secretary to hire a private jet to make a flight to Kigali to sign the government’s deportation deal

Figures reveal £413,541 spent on travel since the policy to send asylum seekers there was devised in 2022

The cost disclosure adds to the eye-watering bill for Rishi Sunak’s rwanda plan

Home secretary chartered a private jet to make the one-day round trip to Kigali in December

The Good Morning Britain presenter and Quentin Letts were discussing the rwanda bill

After seven defeats in the Lords, the PM’s signal asylum bill has reached a stalemate until at least Easter

Ed Balls was involved in a heated clash with Quentin Letts on Good Morning Britain over a comment the former MP described as “patronising” regarding his marriage. The journalist said he found it “tricky” discussing the rwanda bill ...

Huge costs, mounting opposition, negligible impacts: nothing about this absurd asylum bill appears to make any sense, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

Peers voted for numerous amendments making it improbable the legislation will return to the Commons this side of Easter

Lord Alex Carlile, a cross-bench peer, compared the mounting costs of sending asylum seekers to rwanda to staying at The Ritz in Paris

 

David Neal says government failed to publish his report on conditions for asylum seekers in east Africa country

The prime minister has maintained hopes of spring flights carrying asylum seekers to rwanda as the Government overturned all attempts by the House of Lords to change to its deportation legislation. The Government saw off 10 amendments from peers to t ...

The Safety of rwanda bill will return to the upper chamber on Wednesday, with peers expected to seek to amend the legislation yet again

 

Clive Lewis could be heard loudly saying “s***” before he walked out of the room

All 10 amendments made by peers voted down, giving much-needed boost to beleaguered PM

A Labour MP has compared the cost of the government’s rwanda scheme to Virgin Galactic “sending six people to space” during a debate in the House of Commons. Neil Coyle urged the Tories to “rethink” the bill ahead of another ...

The PM has been urged to exempt anyone who supported British armed forces in an “exposed or meaningful manner” from being deported to the African country

Watch live as MPs vote on changes made in the House of Lords to the government's rwanda bill on Monday 18 March.