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The Prime Minister is pinning his hopes on soothing the court’s concerns by agreeing a new legally binding treaty with Rwanda.

PM says legislation will ‘confirm’ Rwanda is safe country for asylum seekers – and says he is prepared to defy ECHR if necessary

Britain’s Supreme Court has ruled that the Conservative government’s contentious plan to send some migrants on a one-way trip to Rwanda is illegal, striking a major blow to a key policy of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's administration that has drawn international attention and criticism.

Former home secretary Suella Braverman said the Government must ‘legislate or admit defeat’.

As Ms Cooper made the claim, Home Secretary James Cleverly could be seen sitting on the Government benches with his head lowered.

Ignore the technical talk about treaties, conventions and legislation. The Supreme Court ruling on the Government’s Rwanda deportation policy is just one more story of a Conservative leader dancing to Nigel Farage’s tune and falling flat on his face.

Whitehall sources say it could take more than a year for any treaty to be passed, with next election looming

The Government is facing pressure from the right of the Conservative Party over the European agreement

Not just morally objectionable but stupid, the scheme is representative of years of Conservative rule, says author Daniel Trilling