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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kate Devlin

Ex-immigration minister threatens to toughen Rwanda bill after leak suggests Sunak tried to scale back scheme

Jacob King/PA

Rishi Sunak faces a growing battle over his flagship Rwanda legislation after his former immigration minister threatened to lead a parliamentary revolt to try to toughen the bill.

Robert Jenrick warned that if the prime minister did not strengthen the new emergency laws then he would lay amendments next week to ensure they were “sufficiently robust”.

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