The Latest Breaking News from Rwanda

Why the Tories’ hardline immigration policies won’t win over UK voters

Visa changes may cut numbers of students and skilled workers who enjoy public support while Rwanda plan won’t address concerns over small boats, writes political scientist Robert Ford

The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2023

Tory right deliver legal rebuke to Sunak’s Rwanda plan

ERG lawyers conclude plans will not forestall court challenges, echoing concerns of goverment’s own legal team

The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2023

Sunak faces ‘Brexit-like’ struggle to get Rwanda bill done, as Tories warned not to bring him down

PM warned calling snap election like Theresa May won’t get him out of trouble – as Suella Braverman and Robert Jenrick step up attacks

The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2023

Rishi Sunak’s olive branch to Tory MPs to stave off rebellion over Rwanda

Ahead of a vote on the bill on Tuesday government sources say they are ‘happy to have conversations’ with rebel MPs

The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2023

Home Office ordered to give full cost of Rwanda deportation plan

Top civil servant summoned to give ‘full and frank’ answers after costs of scheme rose from £140m to £290m

The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2023

When it comes to the UK’s asylum plan, Rwanda is definitely having the last laugh

By next year the British government will have paid out £290m on the scheme – which has yet to host a single deportee, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2023

OPINION - Don’t bank on a May poll but Rishi Sunak might see it as a safer bet

Might Rishi Sunak’s ongoing political Golgotha swing the likelihood of an early election? Two answers suggest themselves in the wake of the “Jenrick moment” — the abrupt resignation of Sunak’s immigration minister over the delivery (or not) of the “Rwanda plan” and a press conference at which a plainly furious…

Evening Standard · Dec 8, 2023

OPINION - The Standard View: Delays and old tech take the shine off the Elizabeth line's success

It is every Londoner’s nightmare. Thousands were trapped on Elizabeth line, Heathrow Express and Great Western Railway trains last night, many for as long as four hours, after a rail operator hit overhead powerlines in west London that are managed by Network Rail. Passengers on one train between Acton and…

Evening Standard · Dec 8, 2023

Rishi Sunak appeals directly to Tory supporters for backing on Rwanda plan as his MPs threaten to torpedo it

The PM's move comes as his "emergency legislation" on Rwanda is criticised by both wings of his party

Evening Standard · Dec 8, 2023

Question Time audience applauds as writer takes aim at 'government of sadists'

THE Question Time audience applauded a writer as he took aim the Government’s Rwanda plan.

The National (Scotland) · Dec 8, 2023