Red light for Amber: the Home Secretary has a difficult appointment in front of the Home Affairs Select Committee this afternoon.
Rudd’s problem is that she can’t blame her predecessor and, for one reason or another, she won’t be calling for either of the things that could resolve the scandal: an ID card scheme, which is unacceptable to many Conservatives and simply wouldn’t pass parliament, or the unpicking of the hostile environment policy, which represents the major legislative accomplishment of Theresa May’s time at the Home Office and the only legislative accomplishment of May’s time at Downing Street. Expect an awful lot of blaming the department to take place.
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