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.

 

Michael Tomlinson leaves open prospect that Tory MPs who vote against rwanda bill could lose whip

Prime minister tries to win round potential rebels before vote on rwanda deportation bill this evening

I was sentenced to 15 years’ jail for speaking out about the government in my country, says Victoire Ingabire, former rwandan opposition leader

Leader to mock Conservatives’ record on border controls and highlight public divisions threatening to tear them apart

Conservative “big beasts” are lining up behind Rishi Sunak ahead of a crunch vote this evening over his rwanda bill, amid speculation that a series of party right factions could rebel.  In his first major intervention since his resignation as de ...

With his rwanda plan, the PM has boxed himself into a corner, unable to satisfy the Tory left or right, says the Spectator’s political editor Katy Balls