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Tory MPs from both wings of the bitterly divided party will convene to discuss their verdicts on Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda legislation in a major test for his leadership

✍: Sam Blewett

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Ex-solicitor general Lord Edward Garnier says Rishi Sunak's Rwanda Bill 'makes political nonsense and it certainly makes legal nonsense'

Lord Garnier, who is advising the One Nation Conservatives, tells BBCPM he will not vote for the 'extraordinary' legislation

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😬 Tory moderates with the One Nation grouping are 'very nervous' about the implications of Rishi Sunak's Rwanda legislation, a source says, and his press conference seems only to have heightened their concerns

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Rishi Sunak will hold an emergency press conference after the crisis he is facing over his Rwanda policy was compounded by a warning from Suella Braverman that it is doomed to fail

✍: Sam Blewett, Sophie Wingate & David Hughes

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Rishi Sunak writes back to Robert Jenrick, describing his resignation as immigration minister as 'disappointing”

'I fear that your departure is based on a fundamental
misunderstanding of the situation'

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Robert Jenrick was seen as a close political friend of Rishi Sunak and even backed him in both of last year's two Tory leadership contests

Today he's resigned as immigration minister in the wake of the new Rwanda legislation being unveiled

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Home Secretary James Cleverly says that Robert Jenrick has resigned as immigration minister

'That has been confirmed,' Mr Cleverly finally says after repeatedly being asked

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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is considering cutting inheritance and business taxes while squeezing benefits payments by billions in his autumn statement

✍: Sam Blewett

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.Suella Braverman MP accused Rishi Sunak of being “uncertain, weak and lacking in the qualities of leadership that this country needs”

✍️: David Hughes, Sam Blewett and Nina Lloyd

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Boris Johnson demanded that “BIGGER FINES” are the overriding message during the opening up from lockdown restrictions in summer 2020, a handwritten note shown to the Covid inquiry shows

Counsel Hugo Keith notes the “crushing irony”

Boris Johnson demanded that “BIGGER FINES” are the overriding message during the opening up from lockdown restrictions in summer 2020, a handwritten note shown to the Covid inquiry shows Counsel Hugo Keith notes the “crushing irony”
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Rishi Sunak insists he has 'turned the corner' to put the country on a better path as he set out a pre-election stall to present challenges for Sir Keir Starmer

Our first take on the legislative agenda set out by Charles in his debut King's Speech

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Met Police says there were 'no offences linked to the Cenotaph' and 'no protester glued themselves to the road' as around 100 arrests were made during the Just Stop Oil disruption

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Just Stop Oil protesters were moved from the road to the Cenotaph by police rather than targeting the war memorial

One officer says they were moved from the busy road ‘for their own safety’

A cuffed activist says they were arrested in the road and ‘dragged’ to the cenotaph

Just Stop Oil protesters were moved from the road to the Cenotaph by police rather than targeting the war memorial One officer says they were moved from the busy road ‘for their own safety’ A cuffed activist says they were arrested in the road and ‘dragged’ to the cenotaph
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