NEW: Civil servants have been told they must ignore any European court ruling to block the Rwanda scheme, amid concerns that officials would defy ministers

The Times: Over half of migrants set for Rwanda are missing #TomorrowsPapersToday

I worked as a teacher for a month at a school run by conspiracists who believed they were battling a sinister plot against humanity. The children were taught that crystals could cure them of illnesses and that Bill Gates was going to force them to eat insects.

Here’s the story:

Excl: Labour reveals plans to set up a national police savings body to buy police cars, IT equipment, forensic services and other kit to pay for 13,000 extra neighbourhood police officers.

The move is designed to cut huge disparity in costs of procuring equipment.

New figures

The Safety of Rwanda bill has been delayed until next week after the Lords inflicted a further defeat on the government tonight.

Peers voted 245 to 208 in favour of Lord Hope's amendment that would only allow flights to take off once practical measures are in place to guarantee

The Lords have defeated the government in the latest round of votes on the Rwanda bill, which means the legislation won't pass until tomorrow night at the earliest.

Lords voted by a majority of 25 in favour of Labour's amendment to respect international law. Looks like a

Rishi Sunak used the King's coronation last year to lobby the leaders of target countries.

He set the Home Office and Foreign Office a deadline of last autumn to agree two additional third country deals.

But they failed due to disagreements over which countries to pursue.

Last month I worked undercover at HMP Bedford, one of the most dangerous jails in the country.

I was hired by an agency without thorough checks - they didn’t even Google my name! - and then I was able to walk inside and interact with prisoners without security searches.

Well this was quite something

A Labour government would give police the power to charge domestic abuse suspects so they can be kept in custody and prevented from returning home to assault their partners:
thetimes.co.uk/article/police…

Excl: The Home Office still has not found an airline to operate Rwanda deportation flights and is exploring the option of using RAF aircraft: thetimes.co.uk/article/englis…

Prisons crisis latest: The Ministry of Justice is repurposing a young offender's institution as an adult prison in order to free up cells.

gov.uk/government/new…