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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Adam Forrest

Sunak ‘considering Braverman plan to defy human rights law’ to save failed Rwanda policy

AP

Rishi Sunak is considering a plan to defy the UK’s Human Rights Act as part of his desperate push to get his Rwanda deportation flights off the ground.

It comes as the PM comes under growing pressure from Suella Braverman and the Tory right to flout international law by “disapplying” the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

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