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

Gary Lineker called for a ‘fair new plan’ that reflects the ‘will of the British people’

Chairman to European Research Group (ERG), said there was ‘consensus’ that Sunak should ‘pull the bill’

MPs on the right want legislation to go further but more centrist Tories warn against changes.

Prime minister will host emergency breakfast at No 10 after frenetic day in Westminster reminiscent of Brexit fights

Prime minister will host emergency breakfast at No 10 after frenetic day in Westminster reminiscent of Brexit fights

Right-wing rebel MPs urge PM to ‘pull’ rwanda bill as it doesn’t go far enough – with party deeply split on deportation policy ahead of crunch Commons vote

It was revealed last week that the government’s flagship rwanda deportation scheme has already cost £240 million, despite no asylum seekers yet being sent to the African nation. The government was also shown to have spent £100 million in the 2023 ...

Defence secretary Grant Shapps warned Gary Linker to “stick to football” after the Match of the Day host criticised the government’s Rwnda policy. Former England footballer Lineker is among a group of celebrities who have signed a letter callin ...

European Research Group of backbench MPs say bill should be withdrawn before vote on Tuesday

Today his appearance at the Covid inquiry, tomorrow his failing rwanda bill. The PM – and the Tories – are disintegrating, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

 

In an earlier post, I noted that the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty, at least as traditionally understood, would prevent a UK court, such as the Supreme Court, from simply refusing to apply …

Prime minister under pressure from both sides of his party as Commons prepares to vote on safety of rwanda bill

The chairman of the European Research Group says the government's proposed law has "so many holes in it" that the consensus from his wing of the party was to "pull the bill and to come up with a revised version that works b ...