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.

This is the moment Thérèse Coffey mistakes rwanda’s capital for another country while hitting out at Labour’s shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper. Ms Coffey made the mistake in front of MPs in Parliament on Wednesday (17 January). Aiming her c ...

Rishi Sunak has praised the Conservative Party for “coming together” to pass his rwanda bill. The Prime Minister saw his legislation pass its third reading in the House of Commons on Wednesday night (17 January), after a would-be backbench revolt ...

Leading barrister signals House of Lords plans to revise bill, saying government is ‘elevating itself above the law’

Majority of mutinous Tories retreat to plot another day as just 11 vote against PM's flagship policy

The prime minister will update journalists on the progress of his immigration policy

Ex-Tory deputy chairman Lee Anderson said he was going to vote against the policy but Labour MPs were ‘giggling and laughing and taking the mick’