The Latest Breaking News from Justin Welby

The church leader is told neither ‘handwringing or bell ringing’ will solve the misery of the channel crossings

The rebuke of the top cleric came as he lambasted the Illegal Migration Bill as ‘morally unacceptable and politically impractical’.

Charity Freedom from Torture fixed a mocked-up blue plaque declaring that the Home Secretary had 'closed the door' on refugees as her Illegal Migration Bill comes under fire in the House of Lords

Archbishop of Canterbury attacks plan in Lords, saying it will harm UK’s standing and fails to address causes of movement of refugees

The head of the Church of England has made a rare appearance in Parliament to condemn the British government’s controversial migration bill, calling the policy “isolationist, morally unacceptable and politically impractical.”

The top cleric urges a rethink of the Illegal Migration Bill, arguing it risks ‘great damage to the UK’s reputation’.

The archbishop, who crowned the King on Saturday, said he did not think the Bill would stop the small boats crossing the English Channel.

THE UK Government has been warned its illegal migration bill is an attempt at a short-term fix which risks “great damage” to the country’s…

Sunak’s plan ‘fails to live up to our history’, says Justin Welby – but No 10 fires back by saying ‘nothing compassionate’ about allowing people to drown

Archbishop Justin Welby - fresh from his central role at King Charles's Coronation on Satruday - lashed out at Suella Braverman's draconian Illegal Migration Bill, which has been branded a "gimmick" and a "con" by critics

Justin Welby is set to join criticism of Suella Braverman's plan to deport new arrivals to Rwanda as proposed immigration legislation is debated in the House of Lords today