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

Right-wing Conservatives are set to hold a joint meeting tonight to discuss the crunch rwanda vote however, there is an increasing belief among Tory rebels that Mr Sunak’s bill will be successful

Robert Jenrick has said the UK has too many migrants to integrate into society, in his first public comments after quitting as immigration minister over the emergency rwanda legislation.

 

Almost 400,000 asylum claims could have been handled by the Home Office with the money the government has already committed to the rwanda policy, LBC analysis has revealed.

Members of Rishi Sunak’s cabinet arrive at Downing Street ahead of the rwanda vote later today (12 December). MPs including Victoria Atkins, James Cleverly, Grant Shapps, and David Cameron met with the Prime Minster as he tries to avoid defeat on h ...

Watch live as MPs vote on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s emergency rwanda legislation on Tuesday, 12 December.

Exclusive: Documents also show asylum seekers could delay removals for a year by making individual claims

 

It is not yet clear if it is a false alarm

Keir Starmer has dismissed the rwanda plan as a “gimmick” and piece of political “performance art”. Mr Starmer said Labour would use the money “being wasted on the rwanda scheme” to step up cross-border policing to tackle human traffickin ...

The prime minister has denied that tonight’s vote amounts to a vote of confidence in his leadership - but senior Tories have said otherwise

The shadow work and pensions secretary said Labour wanted to use the money spent on rwanda to have "a different plan of action that actually works".

Migrants could delay their deportation to rwanda by more than a year, according to a leaked Home Office assessment of the risk posed by individual legal claims scuppering flights.