The Latest Breaking News from Robert Jenrick

The Prime Minister is under fire from some in his party for rowing back on plans to raise the minimum salary requirement to £38,700

PM insists harsh new threshold will happen in early 2025 – by hardliners says he should have ‘stuck to his guns’

PM urged to defy pressure from Tory right-wingers and ‘tweak the bill in the other direction’

Rishi Sunak’s bill passes first vote after frantic 36 hours, but could face amendments at later stage

Tory MPs warn PM over next stage of flagship deportation bill, as William Hague cautions: We may never win back power

Immigration is yet again front-page news and, as always, I watch the performative hot takes on the issue by people seeking to outdo each other on how “hardline” they can be. What madness. For those who are hard of thinking: we don’t have to be mean to deal with immigration.

The substantial payment was made in April of this year, the Home Office's top civil servant said in a letter to MPs, after £140m had already been sent to the African nation.

PM’s legislation does ‘not go far enough’, say hardliners – urging Sunak to ‘pull the bill’ ahead of crunch Commons vote

PM’s premiership under threat, as Tory tribes from the right and moderate wings meet to discuss bill