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Rishi Sunak has been dealt the fresh blow of a legal assessment for the Tory right concluding his Rwanda legislation is not fit for purpose.

Right-wingers prepare to plunge the PM into crisis by voting against his bill early next year – as rebel former minister Robert Jenrick insists it ‘doesn’t do the job’

Labour accused the Prime Minister of ‘begging for our votes’

An ally has gone and both wings of the Conservative party are in revolt over asylum. With a crucial vote coming, the stakes are very high

PM warned calling snap election like Theresa May won’t get him out of trouble – as Suella Braverman and Robert Jenrick step up attacks

Top civil servant summoned to give ‘full and frank’ answers after costs of scheme rose from £140m to £290m

By next year the British government will have paid out £290m on the scheme – which has yet to host a single deportee, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Might Rishi Sunak’s ongoing political Golgotha swing the likelihood of an early election? Two answers suggest themselves in the wake of the “Jenrick moment” — the abrupt resignation of Sunak’s immigration minister over the delivery (or not) of the “Rwanda plan” and a press conference at which a plainly furious…

Immigration is not a top priority for voters, yet the government tears itself and the UK apart trying to deter crucial workers, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The claim comes after it was revealed the cost of the scheme had almost doubed

The Government spent a further £100 million in the 2023-24 financial year while flights remained grounded amid a series of legal setbacks