Suella Braverman has joined a backlash from rightwing Conservative MPs who are pushing for emergency legislation to overrule the supreme court’s decision on the UK government’s Rwanda deportation plan.
A day after accusing Rishi Sunak of “betrayal” after her sacking as home secretary, she called on the prime minister to “legislate or admit defeat”, in a fresh intervention shortly before he promised legislation to stop the plan from being blocked.