Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda plan for migrants fails first test in House of Lords
Tuesday, 23 January 2024 Four days ago, UK PM Rishi Sunak urged the House of Lords, the unelected upper chamber of parliament, not to block his plans to put asylum-seekers on one-way flights to Rwanda, describing his contentious migration policy as “the will of the people.” On Monday night, the Lords did not play ball.
Rishi Sunak departs 10 Downing Street ahead of his weekly appearance at Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
The Rwanda plan is merely “virtue signalling” to the public, and will not solve the UK’s migration issues, Labour former home secretary Lord Blunkett said. Speaking in the Lords, the New..
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has urged the House of Lords to "do the right thing" and back his Rwanda Bill after MPs passed his legislation on Wednesday night. Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at..
Rishi Sunak accuses Sir Keir Starmer of wanting to reverse the Rwanda bill even if it's working saying it's "crystal clear" the Labour leader doesn't have a plan to stop illegal migration and it would..
Tuesday, 23 January 2024
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