A Cabinet minister has insisted he is “confident” that Rishi Sunak’s plan to save the Rwanda scheme will work despite criticism from his sacked home secretary and a former Supreme Court judge.
Mark Harper was unable to say whether the UK should be prepared to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), but said ministers would do “what it takes” to send asylum seekers to Kigali including through “change” to international agreements if necessary.
