Politics

Rishi Sunak is refusing to accept the Supreme Court ruling that repressive Rwanda is not a safe destination - Tuesday's vote was only the start of a Tory revolt against the PM

Tory rebels have threatened to torpedo Rishi Sunak's emergency Rwanda legislation unless the Prime Minister gives into their demands, with plotters warning he's 'f***ed'

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's emergency Rwanda Bill scrapes over first Commons hurdle as the Tory leader humiliated by major rebellion during a crunch vote. See how your MP voted

Minutes before the vote dozens of right-wing Conservative MPs revealed they would not support the PM Rishi Sunak's attempt to salvage the costly Rwanda scheme

The Labour leader said he wants a 'diverse' party 'that represents the communities' it wants to serve, after he was asked about concerns of a lack of diversity in its selection of new MPs

After a year of dismal poll ratings for the Conservative party and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's popularity as leader declining rapidly, the party is ending 2023 on a sour note as it fights to get the Rwanda asylum vote through the Commons

Tories told to 'grasp the nettle' and pay social care workers a decent wage as the latest crackdown on migration sparks fears of a new recruitment crisis in the sector

Newcastle Upon Tyne East MP Nick Brown lost the Labour whip and was suspended from the party in September 2022 after a complaint was lodged against him

Labour leader Keir Starmer vowed to offer the country 'serious, mundane and practical' leadership in place of the Tory 'psychodrama' and the "circus" of Westminster

Green Party MP Caroline Lucas says Rishi Sunak's desperate bid to push through the Rwanda plan in spite of a Supreme Court ruling that it is illegal represents a 'grim slide into authoritarianism'

Westminster’s top sleaze buster, Standards Commissioner Daniel Greenberg, told MPs how members of the public had lodged hundreds of complaints about MPs' social media and comments in the House

The Tory climate minister Graham Stuart was forced to abandon the COP28 summit in Dubai as Rishi Sunak scrambles to fight off a Tory revolt over the Rwanda scheme in the Commons

Dorset Police officers were called to the Bibby Stockholm barge, which is being used by the Home Office to house asylum seekers, shortly after 6.20am

Rishi Sunak, who was branded 'Dr Death' by Government scientists, issued an apology to bereaved families at the start of his Covid Inquiry grilling

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"

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who prides himself on his meticulous attention to detail, rejected criticism of his pandemic record but was unable to remember key details

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak appeared rattled as he faced six hours of questions at the Covid Inquiry about his role as Chancellor in the pandemic, including on Eat Out To Help Out

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

As he gives evidence at the Covid Inquiry on his time as Chancellor, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is wearing a red bracelet made from thread on his wrist as he always does

Tory Party Deputy Chair for Women Rachel Maclean shared a post on Twitter calling her political opponent 'a man who wears a wig and calls himself a "proud lesbian"'

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

Rishi Sunak faces an interrogation at the Covid Inquiry where he will be grilled on Eat Out to Help Out - a scheme branded 'eat out to help the virus' by the Chief Medical Officer

Some 4.2 million children are in households that have no spare cash, with parents feeling cost-of-living pressures over Christmas - as the Chancellor is called upon to take action

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