Prime minister’s focus on small boats looks tragically misdirected and the storm clouds are still gathering

There has been significant division on both sides of the Conservative Party over the bill

Tory MPs warn PM over next stage of flagship deportation bill, as William Hague cautions: We may never win back power

 

The prime minister has won a crunch vote on his rwanda plan despite right-wing Conservative factions announcing they could not back emergency "stop the boats" legislation.

So-called five families deal blow to Rishi Sunak before vote on second reading of bill on Tuesday night

Bill passes with a majority of 44 but prime minister’s troubles could be merely postponed

rwanda bill passes first vote in Commons but collective of rightwing MPs abstain. Find out how your MP voted

MPs voted through the prime minister’s new rwanda deal on asylum seekers.

Not even the death of an asylum seeker on the Bibby Stockholm can rein in MPs’ fervor to trample over the international law

In the debate today on the government’s Safety of rwanda Bill, former immigration minister Robert Jenrick called on his erstwhile boss Rishi Sunak to toughen up the legislation. He said: “I will never elevate contested notions of international la ...

Threatening asylum seekers with deportation to rwanda is no deterrent - it just makes life harder for already vulnerable people, says Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council

The Tory climate minister Graham Stuart was forced to abandon the COP28 summit in Dubai as Rishi Sunak scrambles to fight off a Tory revolt over the rwanda scheme in the Commons

The fate of the prime minister’s flagship immigration bill hangs in the balance in the Commons

Defeat for his flagship immigration plan in the Commons would present serious legal and political problems for the PM

 

Sir Chris Bryant laid out five reasons he believed were why MPs should vote against Rishi Sunak's rwanda bill during a debate in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 11 December. The Labour MP for Rhondda described the emergency legislation as " ...

Over Europe, over rwanda, the roundheads and blockheads fight their fights – we’re just collateral damage, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Lack of public confidence in the legislation comes amid concerns that the Bill could fail to pass Parliament

Climate groups slam decsion to call Graham Stuart home for crunch parliamentary vote on the govenment’s rwanda policy amid summit stand off over future of fossil fuels