About 2,800 jobs will go over the next 18 months, with a further 300 to be lost after

Officials will be taught how to carry out deportations, including how to handle people who physically resist

Baroness Ruth Davidson, the former Conservative leader in Scotland, says it is right to have a ‘debate’ about immigration but cast doubt on the government’s policies

Home Office reportedly hired hangar and aircraft fuselage to rehearse forcing people onto flights as Ruth Davidson says they are ‘probably never going to happen’

Emily Thornberry was grilled during a heated debate on rwanda on Thursday night's BBC Question Time (18 January). The Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales was challenged to spell out Labour’s alternative when it came to stopping migrant bo ...

The Home Office believes five officers will be needed for each migrant being deported

 

PM prepares for showdown with peers as he is warned of ‘step towards totalitarianism’

With so much contradictory information out there, chief political commenator John Rentoul has been answering reader questions on the polls, Conservative popularity amid the rwanda bill vote and Labour’s position in the run up to the election

PM warns peers not to ‘frustrate the will of the people’ by opposing his flagship ‘stop the boats’ legislation – as support for the Tories hits a new low with poll putting Labour 27 points ahead

Members of Lords criticise PM’s ‘bizarre’ and ‘vacuous’ calls for swift approval of legislation to ensure deportation flights by spring

PM warns peers not to ‘frustrate the will of the people’ by opposing his flagship stop the boats legislation — as support for Tories hits new low with poll putting Labour 27 points ahead

If that plane full of asylum seekers actually takes off, it is no longer the great distraction his government needs it to be, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Things are not looking great for the interim PM. Time to scrape the barrel with ‘Will of the People’ rhetoric

Rishi Sunak did not guarantee that a flight would take off to rwanda before the general election if legislation passed the House of Lords quickly. Asked if he would give such a guarantee, the Prime Minister told a Downing Street press conference toda ...

The controversial bill was voted through the House of Commons on Wednesday evening

While Tory infighting has dominated headlines, people threatened with removal say their views are being ignored

PM urges opposition peers to back deportation bill amid reports of Tories submitting no-confidence letters in PM

Lord Carlile, the former Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, said ministers were seeking to elevate themselves ‘to an unacceptable level above the law’

Watch as Rishi Sunak held a press conference on Thursday, 18 January, after seeing off the prospect of a defeat on his rwanda asylum policy at the hands of right-wing Conservative MPs.