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The resignation of Robert Jenrick over Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda Bill is “deeply worrying”, Conservative MPs have warned amid concerns about the direction of the Government.

The Prime Minister has urged Tory MPs to rally behind his emergency legislation to get Rwanda flights off the ground.

James Cleverly rejected Tory calls to put a cap on the number of migrants coming to Britain every year as he set out a new five-point plan designed to reduce arrivals.

The Cabinet reshuffle that brought back David Cameron was supposed to reunite the Tory “sensibles”, reassure centre-ground voters and put Rishi Sunak on course for a general election victory next year. If one could liken it to a film scene it would be the end of The Railway Children when the young Jenny Agutter runs along the platform shouting “daddy, my daddy” before throwing herself into the arms of her father, freshly returned from a spell in political disgrace.

Civil servants are trying to block Rishi Sunak’s legislation to deem Rwanda a safe country to deport asylum seekers to, it has been claimed.

More than 40 Conservative MPs and peers have urged Rishi Sunak to drop a vote, due on Monday, to approve “anti-consumer” and “anti-motorist” net zero quotas for the sale of electric cars.

Richard Tice, the leader of Reform UK, has claimed he has had “numerous discussions” with Conservative MPs – including ministers – who are “furious” with the Government’s “betrayal” on migration.

An “anti-woke” police chief who turned around two forces should be parachuted into the Met to counter the effective “decriminalisation” of some anti-Semitic behaviour in London, Conservative MPs have said.

Rishi Sunak is facing fresh demands to axe his “nanny state” smoking ban after the flagship policy that it followed was torn up by the New Zealand government.

Forum on medically-assisted dying and mental health being held Saturday