Rishi Sunak boasts about UK’s ‘competitive’ visa regime in speech to  business chiefs as Cabinet tensions over crackdown on record immigration rage

Rishi Sunak boasts about UK’s ‘competitive’ visa regime in speech to  business chiefs as Cabinet tensions over crackdown on record immigration rage

Rishi Sunak boasted about the UK’s ‘competitive’ visa regime in a speech to business leaders today as Tory tensions over immigration rage. The PM highlighted the generous arrangements for entrepreneurs and ‘high potential’ individuals as he addressed an investment conference in London. But Mr Sunak is struggling to contain Conservative infighting after Suella Braverman’s allies … Read more

EXCLUSIVE: Rishi Sunak has lacked moral leadership over the protests and police have let the British people down: Suella Braverman reveals what she REALLY thinks (and yes, she IS named after Sue Ellen in Dallas)

EXCLUSIVE: Rishi Sunak has lacked moral leadership over the protests and police have let the British people down: Suella Braverman reveals what she REALLY thinks (and yes, she IS named after Sue Ellen in Dallas)

When Suella Braverman was born in 1980, Britain was gripped by Dallas, the American TV series starring Larry Hagman as Texan oil magnate J R Ewing who is gunned down by a mystery assailant.  Mrs Braverman’s mother Uma was so hooked on the programme she named her daughter after JR’s long-suffering, shoulder pad-wearing wife Sue … Read more

Government may grant ‘amnesty’ to illegal migrants being held in detention indefinitely after Rwanda policy was ruled unlawful by Supreme Court to avoid legal challenges, Home Office source claims

Government may grant ‘amnesty’ to illegal migrants being held in detention indefinitely after Rwanda policy was ruled unlawful by Supreme Court to avoid legal challenges, Home Office source claims

The Home Office is considering granting an effective amnesty for migrants who have arrived in the UK since July after holding thousands in detention for ‘indefinite’ periods for potential deportation to Rwanda with no access to the asylum system.  Since the Illegal Migration Act received royal assent in July, thousands have been left in limbo after … Read more

MATT GOODWIN: The woke Left and extreme Islamism have joined forces to try to reshape society around values that are deeply divisive and unBritish

MATT GOODWIN: The woke Left and extreme Islamism have joined forces to try to reshape society around values that are deeply divisive and unBritish

If you ever wanted more evidence that Westminster is dangerously disconnected from the rest of the country, look no further than the events of last week. First came the sacking of Home Secretary Suella Braverman, swiftly followed by her resignation letter – read by 37 million people on social media – which blasted Prime Minister … Read more

Hundreds more migrants arrive in Dover after making perilous journey across the Channel – just days after Government’s Rwanda policy declared ‘unlawful’

Hundreds more migrants arrive in Dover after making perilous journey across the Channel – just days after Government’s Rwanda policy declared ‘unlawful’

356 asylum seekers were intercepted by Border Force officials from seven boats  Comes as Supreme Court concluded that Rwanda scheme would break the law By Gina Kalsi and Rory Tingle Home Affairs Correspondent Published: 21:02 GMT, 17 November 2023 | Updated: 21:02 GMT, 17 November 2023 Hundreds more migrants arrived in Dover after crossing the … Read more

James Cleverly ‘was opposed to the Rwanda scheme and said it was a waste of money’ before he became Home Secretary

James Cleverly ‘was opposed to the Rwanda scheme and said it was a waste of money’ before he became Home Secretary

Remarks risk undermining his position as role to get removal flights of ground  By David Barrett Published: 01:23 GMT, 18 November 2023 | Updated: 07:10 GMT, 18 November 2023 James Cleverly opposed the Rwanda scheme before his move to the Home Office, saying it was a ‘waste of money’ that ‘won’t work’, it was claimed … Read more

Ex-minister Simon Clarke tells Rishi Sunak to call snap election if Lords block a new Rwanda migrant flight law as sacked former home secretary Suella Braverman issues her own five-point plan triggering new Tory civil war

Ex-minister Simon Clarke tells Rishi Sunak to call snap election if Lords block a new Rwanda migrant flight law as sacked former home secretary Suella Braverman issues her own five-point plan triggering new Tory civil war

Rishi Sunak has been urged to call a snap general election if the House of Lords tries to block emergency legislation designed to get migrant deportation flights to Rwanda started in the spring.  Sir Simon Clarke, who was a cabinet minister under Liz Truss, said the Prime Minister should seek a fresh mandate for his … Read more

DAN HODGES: A snap Election if judges veto Rwanda plan? Surely it is better than a year of drift and decay

DAN HODGES: A snap Election if judges veto Rwanda plan? Surely it is better than a year of drift and decay

Suella Braverman believes she has found a way to save her party, and Britain, from Sir Keir Starmer. If, as Ministers expect, the Supreme Court rules this week that the Government’s Rwanda plan is illegal, she wants Rishi Sunak to call a snap ‘small boats’ General Election. ‘If the judges reject our plan, then at … Read more

Suella Braverman wants to quit European Convention on Human Rights if judges reject her Rwanda deal

Suella Braverman wants to quit European Convention on Human Rights if judges reject her Rwanda deal

The move will create significant dividing line between Home Secretary and PM By Anna Mikhailova Deputy Political Editor Published: 22:08 GMT, 11 November 2023 | Updated: 04:07 GMT, 12 November 2023 Suella Braverman will push for the ‘nuclear option’ of quitting the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) if the Supreme Court blocks the Government’s … Read more

‘All are welcome in Rwanda if Britain wins migrant case’: Kigali confident of Supreme Court result as they get ready for asylum seekers to arrive

‘All are welcome in Rwanda if Britain wins migrant case’: Kigali confident of Supreme Court result as they get ready for asylum seekers to arrive

Rwanda confident that the UK Supreme Court will give go-ahead to asylum plan  London wants to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda and put them in Kigali hotels  The Mail saw tight security, but a flurry of activity, at such hotels recently By Mark Palmer Travel Editor In Kigali, Rwanda Published: 22:00 GMT, 3 November 2023 | … Read more