All news by author: Dave Burke

Newly-appointed Illegal Migration Minister Michael Tomlinson defended Rwandan President Paul Kagame after Democratic Republic of Congo leader Felix Tshisekedi said he will "end up like Adolf Hitler"

Top Home Office official Sir Matthew Rycroft said that 'someone in Rwanda' had told the International Monetary Fund (IMF) of a £100million payment made to the Rwandan government in April

Rishi Sunak is desperately trying to hold his warring Tory Party together ahead of a crunch vote on emergency legislation trying to resurrect the Rwanda asylum project

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said 'who knows what will happen in the future' when quizzed on a possible Boris Johnson return - as Tory schemers devise plans involving Nigel Farage

Gary Lineker and Brian Cox have signed an open letter alongside the former head of the British Army Lord Richard Dannatt, women's rights campaigner Helen Pankhurst, and Hotel Rwanda star Sophie Okonedo

Rishi Sunak said the BBC should 'cut its cloth appropriately' as speculation mounts the Government could block a £15 rise to the £159-a-year license fee from April

Both Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer refused to say whether the pension triple lock would be included in their manifestos - as the PM declined to be drawn into when the next general election will be held

The Prime Minister spoke of his love for Fairytale of New York and said Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan's death was a 'great loss'. He revealed he's been playing Christmas music for the past two weeks as he signs cards

King Charles, whose father was Greek, was pictured in the garment as he bumped into Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at the COP28 climate change summit in Dubai, UAE

Rishi Sunak declined to say what the maximum cost he'd be prepared to spend on the Rwanda deportation scheme amid questions over how much taxpayers have coughed up so far

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak declined to say whether he thinks King Charles is racist, citing a longstanding convention not to comment on the Royal Family - but praised the monarch ahead of the COP28 summit

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was branded petulant after cancelling a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in a bizarre spat over the Elgin Marbles, but claims he is still more statesmanlike than Keir Starmer

Rishi Sunak will meet with world leaders in Dubai at the Cop28 summit to discuss climate change and the Gaza crisis - but will have Keir Starmer breathing down the neck

Home Office chief Sir Matthew Rycroft told MPs that there are 'additional' payments agreed with Rwanda on top of the £140million already handed over - and Tory Lee Anderson was among those voicing his anger

Rishi Sunak and David Cameron have been accused of 'sending the wrong signals' to the rest of the world by travelling separately to the United Arab Emirates for the COP28 summit

The Government has confirmed how working parents with two-year-old children can register for 15 hours of free childcare a week, with more set to become eligible later next year

Immigration Robert Jenrick told MPs that he would have put forward a plan to tackle migration a year ago if he could after facing the anger of Tory MPs including Jonathan Gullis and Lee Anderson

Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics reveal the UK's net migration level was 745,000 in 2022 - the highest level on record as Rishi Sunak admits it needs to come down

A new report by Unison uncovered chilling cases of racism, threats and financial abuse by unscrupulous employers. The union called on Robert Jenrick to abandon plans to cap the number of overseas care workers

Home Secretary James Cleverly said he will consider a call from Labour MP Judith Cummins, who urged ministers to lower the limit on how loud fireworks are allowed to be. The RSPCA has led calls for the move

In a scathing attack Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper told MPs that James Cleverly is referred to as 'Corporal Calamity' as anger grows over record net migration figures

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had been expected to challenge Rishi Sunak over the return of the 2,500-year-old Elgin Marbles during a meeting in London this week

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has unveiled his Autumn Statement with a larger-than-expected cut to National Insurance, while also announcing Universal Credit would go up by 6.7%

Rishi Sunak has announced he plans to bring forward "emergency legislation" in a desperate bid to bring the Rwanda scheme forward in spite of a Supreme Court ruling

Shadow Home Secretary James Cleverly did not deny describing the Rwanda project as "bats***" after Labour's Yvette Cooper claimed he'd done so in private