Low general election turnout likely with ‘dull as dishwater’ Sunak and Starmer Polling expert says similarity between two main parties and clear Labour lead also likely to suppress voting numbers The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2024
What is the UK’s ‘Safety of Rwanda’ bill and why are MPs fighting over it? Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pushes the bill through the House of Commons but not without much squabbling. Al Jazeera · Jan 18, 2024
Sunak pressures Lords to pass Rwanda bill and denies Tory split on issue PM urges opposition peers to back deportation bill amid reports of Tories submitting no-confidence letters in PM The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2024
From Glasto tickets to designer handbags: All the freebees MPs got last year Looking to get Lana Del Rey tickets? It's easy, just become an MP Evening Standard · Jan 18, 2024
Rwanda bill latest LIVE: Rishi Sunak urges Lords not to 'frustrate will of people' and back deportation flights Rishi Sunak appealed for the House of Lords to “do the right thing” and vote his Rwanda bill through at a press conference on Thursday morning. Evening Standard · Jan 18, 2024
Rishi Sunak challenges House of Lords to accept ‘the will of the people’ and pass Rwanda bill – as it happened Prime minister says he wants first flight to leave ‘as soon as practicably possible’ but will not give date The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2024
The Tories are right, we should stop the boats. Just not the ones they’re talking about The ocean-poisoning superyachts of global plutocrats are a symbol of the class that’s really behind Britain’s misfortunes, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2024
Sunak Defends Rwanda Plan At PMQS As Starmer Goes On The Offensive Ahead Of Crucial Vote Two deputy chairmen of the Conservatives resigned from their roles as they joined dozens of Tory right-wingers in backing amendments to toughen the scheme. International Business Times UK · Jan 17, 2024
Australia May Ask Tech Companies To Label Content Generated By AI Under New Laws A survey showed only a third of Australians believe there are adequate "guardrails" for the design and development of AI. International Business Times UK · Jan 17, 2024
UK Launches New Tech Partnership With Ukraine To Prevent Economic Collapse To protect Kyiv from bankruptcy, the UK and Ukraine have launched a tech programme that will allow for international networking and business collaborations. International Business Times UK · Jan 17, 2024
Rwanda Bill: Rishi Sunak wins crunch vote in Commons as Tory rebellion fizzles out Dozens of hardline Conservatives who had threatened to bring down the Prime Minister’s flagship immigration policy reluctantly agreed to vote with the Government Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2024
UK's Sunak Survives Knife-edge Vote As Rwanda Bill Clears Commons UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak survived a key test of his leadership Wednesday, fending off right-wing rebels to win a crunch parliamentary vote on his contentious plan to send migrants to Rwanda. International Business Times · Jan 17, 2024
Sunak Says UK Is Ready To Strike Houthis Rebels Once More Rishi Sunak contradicts Grant Shapps as he warns that the UK is ready to strike Yemeni rebels once more if the group continue to hold hostages and attack shipments. International Business Times UK · Jan 17, 2024
The Rwanda bill passing could be just the start of Sunak’s troubles Problems in the Lords, further legal challenges and the alienation of centrist MPs and voters may await the prime minister The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2024 Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda deportation bill passes third reading in Commons Flagship policy passes committee stage after tense lead-up in which Tory divisions came to the fore
The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2024 Labour request talks with civil service in preparation for No 10 Keir Starmer writes to cabinet secretary to begin access talks ahead of possible election victory
The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2024 Rwanda bill: who were the Tory factions giving Sunak headaches? PM was caught between centrists, Eurosceptics with deep dislike of the ECHR and MPs jostling for potential leadership bid
The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2024 The Guardian view on the Rwanda bill debate: mainstream politics captured by the fringe Editorial: Rishi Sunak’s weak leadership has given a small, hardline faction too much purchase on the national debate
The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2024 A Tory party addicted to chaos enters its next stage of self-destruction Both Rishi Sunak and James Cleverley have privately denounced the Rwanda bill in the past. Yet here they are, backing it…
The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2024 Pushing Buttons: How your vote could change the way games are made in the UK In this week’s Pushing Buttons, we explore why games have become intertwined with politics and what that means for the discerning video game vote
The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2024 An internal Tory drama engulfing our politics? The Rwanda policy feels like Brexit all over again Even if Rishi Sunak’s bill scrapes through, the Conservative right have again made their agenda all anyone’s talking about, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams
Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2024 Rwandan president Paul Kagame offers to repay migrant money to UK 'It is the UK's problem, not Rwanda's problem,' Mr Kagame says
The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2024 Rwanda president: efforts to implement asylum plan cannot ‘drag on’ Paul Kagame also says he would be happy for the scheme to be scrapped
Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2024 All the MPs rebelling over Sunak's Rwanda bill as two senior Tories quit Here are all the MPs that backed amendments to Sunak's Rwanda Bill
Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2024 London politics latest: Rwanda Bill passes as Tory MP rebellion fizzles out Rishi Sunak saw off a rebellion from right wing Tory MPs to get his flagship immigration plan through the Commons