Emergency legislation stops short of leaving European convention on human rights and will infuriate Tory hard right

Suella Braverman has warned the Conservatives face “electoral oblivion in a matter of months” if they introduce emergency rwanda legislation which is “destined to fail”. The former home secretary delivered the warning in a personal statement ...

Ex-home secretary warns Tories faces ‘electoral oblivion’ soon if Sunak’s new bill does not opt out of European human rights law

Former home secretary urges PM to block all human rights laws used to halt deportation flights

Sir Keir Starmer mocked Rishi Sunak’s rwanda treaty during Wednesday’s PMQs (6 December). “I would say that this treaty’s got more holes in it than Swiss cheese, but I don’t want to wind up the prime minister by talking about a European cou ...

Watch as Rishi Sunak goes head to head with Sir Keir Starmer in Prime Minister’s Questions as the Conservatives face a revolt over the rwanda treaty on Wednesday (6 December).

Home Office minister Chris Philp says ‘very, very small number of vulnerable refugees’ could end up back in Britain

PM has been warned of rebellion by Conservatives on both left and right – and possible ministerial resignations – over plans to get around human rights law

In today’s newsletter: James Cleverly has signed a treaty aimed at fixing its deportation plan, but there are questions whether its safeguards will change the supreme court’s mind

Wednesday's papers cover the government's immigration deal with rwanda and royals pictured together.

People along one High Street in Swindon give their views on the government's rwanda policy.

ANALYSIS: Prime Minister's future rests on whether a minister, who was for a long time one of his closest political friends, decides to resign over rwanda.

In tonight's edition: At least 85 civilians are killed in a drone strike on a village in nortwestern Nigeria in a miscalculation by the army. Kigali hosts the signing of a treaty between the UK and rwanda…

Ten senior Tories prepared to resign if Rishi Sunak presses ahead with hardline plan

Home secretary becomes third minister in less than two years to sign deal with African state as he decrees it’s now safe and legally sound – but Rishi Sunak faces Commons revolt over planned new law

Centrist Tories want PM to stick by UK’s human rights obligations while those on the right want new bill to override them

 

James Cleverly has signed a new treaty with rwanda in an attempt to overcome the legal block on the government’s policy of sending asylum seekers to the African country. The foreign secretary arrived in Kigali on Tuesday 5 December and told reporte ...

Editorial: This malign deportation scheme is a distraction from years of broken pledges

Ministers want to make their plan to send asylum seekers to Africa work - but nothing is certain.