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We owe it to the public to secure our borders. To do anything else would destroy trust in politics

Lord Pannick was asked by Government to help draft legislation designed to pave the way for deportation flights

Lord Sumption cautioned that changing the law could be a disservice to the old, infirm or disabled - but said he still believed the risk would be worth taking.

It’s alarming that so many know so little of the past, when it’s being weaponised to determine the present

William Faulkner’s dictum that “the past is never dead – it’s not even past” has rarely been more troubling. The conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza and Taiwan, and many smaller disputes, are based on contested history. So are the West’s culture wars, obsessed with 17th and 18th-century misdeeds and their supposed present-day consequences.

James Cleverly says government ‘willing to listen’, as Tory right threatens to ‘kill the bill’ after Christmas

Luke Johnson, part owner of Gails bakery and the former boss of Pizza Express, argued that the hearing should look into whether they were proportionate or worth it.

Robert Jenrick, the former immigration minister, has said he will not support Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda Bill when it comes before the Commons this week.

Rishi Sunak is facing six possible scenarios ranging from his Rwanda Bill becoming law to a humiliating defeat this week in what will be the biggest test of his premiership to date.

The Covid Inquiry has already decided Eat Out to Help Out was harmful, allies of Rishi Sunak have warned as he prepares to give evidence on Monday.