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Former immigration minister Robert Jenrick has said Rishi Sunak is making “a political choice” to revive Rwanda asylum scheme in a way that is unlikely to work. In his first interview since quitting his post, Mr Jenrick told the BBC the draft law was “weak” and would be “bogged down” by legal challenges. Everyone who “understands” asylum law thinks the ...

Rishi Sunak’s flagship Rwanda Bill “will fail” in its current form, Suella Braverman has said. The PM finds himself in what could be the gravest crisis of his leadership so far, sparked by the resignation of immigration minister Robert Jenrick. The former home secretary said Mr Sunak’s pledge to “stop the boats” was key to winning the next election. But ...

Britain signed a new treaty with Rwanda on Tuesday which it said would overcome a court decision blocking its plan to deport asylum seekers to the East African country, a ruling that dealt a huge blow to the government’s immigration policy. The Rwanda scheme is at the centre of the government’s strategy to stop illegal migration and is being watched ...

Campaigners warn that the government will be “on the wrong side of history” if it rejects a new compensation scheme for NHS infected blood scandal victims. Thousands died after being treated with contaminated blood products in the 1970s and 1980s. MPs backed plans to set up a new compensation scheme, following a rebellion on Monday by Tory MPs. The Haemophilia ...

An MP reported to social services as an unfit mother over her views is seeking to change the law, so no-one else has to go through such “distress”. Stella Creasy said being a victim of an online troll’s “campaign of harassment” left her family with a record that cannot be removed. “I sat in the court clutching myself to stop ...

British lawyers could be stationed in courts in Rwanda as part of a treaty to allow the UK government to send asylum seekers to the country. It would aim to address concerns from the Supreme Court, which ruled the Rwanda plan unlawful last month. Details are expected on Tuesday, with Home Secretary James Cleverly flying to Rwanda to sign the ...

A British soldier has died while off duty in Kenya, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said. The BBC understands 32-year-old Maj Kevin McCool was on a motorcycle trip off base when he was attacked. MoD officials confirmed the soldier’s next of kin have been informed, but said it would not be releasing any details of what happened. Defence Secretary ...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised to toughen up migration rules under a Tory leadership contest deal with Suella Braverman, the former home secretary’s allies say. The Telegraph newspaper says it has seen a copy of a plan Mr Sunak agreed with Mrs Braverman last year. The document includes a pledge to increase the salary migrants would have to earn to ...

Hundreds of thousands of people marched through central London in a pro-Palestinian march on Saturday demanding a permanent ceasefire, a day after the exchange of hostages held in Gaza for prisoners held in Israel amid a four-day temporary ceasefire. Protesters old and young chanted for a ceasefire as they marched down Park Lane to Whitehall, some draped with Palestinian flags, ...

Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick has drawn up a set of proposals to attempt to cut immigration to the UK. The ideas, which he has shared with No 10, are not yet government policy, but are being discussed internally. Among the suggestions are a required minimum annual salary of £35,000 in order to receive a work visa. It comes after official ...