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Prime Minister facing biggest test of premiership as Parliament votes on his immigration legislation

On Tuesday, the House of Commons will debate the Safety of Rwanda Bill, the Government’s response to the Supreme Court ruling against the plan to remove those arriving illegally on small boats to the east African country. MPs should back the Bill, rather than let the best be the enemy of the good.

Lord Sumption, who sat as a senior judge on the Supreme Court between 2012 and 2018, said the inquirys format is unlikely to include substantial questioning about lockdowns themselves.

Jenricks decision to quit meant Rishi Sunaks attempts to sell his Rwanda plan fell into disarray within an hour of the policy being revealed.

PM fights for political life – and flagship migration policy – as he tries to rally support for ‘existential’ vote

Home secretary becomes third minister in less than two years to sign deal with African state as he decrees it’s now safe and legally sound – but Rishi Sunak faces Commons revolt over planned new law

Members campaigning against men-only rule say numbers opposed to change had fallen due to revised legal advise

It’s with triple reluctance that one disputes anything said or written by Jonathan Sumption. First, Lord Sumption is among the commentators I most admire, with an intellect against which it must be foolhardyto pit one’s own. Secondly, as a former Supreme Court justice, his legal expertise will be immense, whereas I only read law as

IN July 1966 The Observer newspaper warned the British prime minister Harold Wilson, whom the paper supported at the time, about his plan for a pay freeze to curb inflation.

I AM horrified at the appointment of the former prime minister, David Cameron, as Foreign Secretary, as he demonstrably lacks two of the essential…