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The Latest Breaking News from Rwanda

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.

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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

‘We are just being used’: asylum seekers react to passing of Rwanda bill

While Tory infighting has dominated headlines, people threatened with removal say their views are being ignored

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Lee Anderson: I didn't vote against Rwanda Bill after Labour MPs 'sniggered and laughed' at me

'Who knew Lee Anderson was such a delicate flower?,' jibed Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesperson Alistair Carmichael

Evening Standard

UK’s Rwanda bill is a ‘step towards totalitarianism’, says Lord Carlile

Leading barrister signals House of Lords plans to revise bill, saying government is ‘elevating itself above the law’

The Guardian - UK

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

Rwandan president Paul Kagame offers to repay migrant money to UK

'It is the UK's problem, not Rwanda's problem,' Mr Kagame says

Evening Standard

PMQs sketch: Keir Starmer likens Rishi Sunak's warring Tories to 'bald men fighting over a broken comb'

PM hits back by accusing the Labour leader of having 'no convictions'

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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

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

The Guardian - UK

Unions condemn plan to make civil servants ignore ECHR Rwanda rulings

Government says it intends to change rules to order officials to follow ministerial decisions contrary to Strasbourg injunctions

The Guardian - UK

Rwanda bill live: legislation passes third reading as rightwing rebellion recedes – as it happened

The third reading of the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) bill passed by 320 votes to 276, a majority of 44

The Guardian - UK

Minister rejects claim of deep split in Tory party over Rwanda policy

Michael Tomlinson says ‘there’s a difference of about an inch’ between Tory MPs, despite resignation of two deputy chairs

The Guardian - UK

Wednesday briefing: The days that could decide how Rishi Sunak is remembered

In today’s newsletter: The controversial Rwanda bill is back in the Commons – what happens next could shape the party’s future

International Business Times UK

Boris Johnson Joins Tory Rebels Demanding Amendments To Rwanda Bill

The bill in its current form is due to be debated and voted on in Parliament today, setting Sunak on a collision course with both factions of his party.

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