Rishi Sunak has said his “plan is working” to realise a re-election pledge on stopping small boat crossings of the Channel, as a former Tory home secretary said key pillars of flagship legislation on migration had been “abandoned”.
The prime minister was reacting en route to the Nato summit in Luthuania after ministers were forced on Monday night to offer rebel Conservative MPs concessions on the illegal migration bill amid growing concern it would fail to pass through the Commons.
