The Rwanda bill won’t save the Tories
Rishi Sunak’s asylum plan may have finally passed parliament but voters have other priorities.
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Inside Britain’s asylum backlog
Rishi Sunak claims he has cleared the “legacy” waiting list of claims and is emptying hotels. Thousands are still waiting.
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Why the Home Office manipulated the news
No wonder the ministerial department sneaked out its immigration reports. They are damning.
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The batsh*t economics of the Rwanda plan
One year’s deportation bill could cost considerably more than the UK spends on its entire prison system.
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Europe mishandled its migration crisis. Biden can learn from it
The US’s border crisis is escalating but it doesn’t have to be this way.
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Citizens’ assemblies can solve Britain’s migrant crisis
Public opinion is more nuanced on migration than debate in Westminster allows.
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The paranoid battle for RAF Scampton
A proposed asylum seeker camp has unleashed radical politics in deep England.
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Rishi Sunak is pleasing no one on immigration
The Prime Minister is neither satisfying populists nor governing well.
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Tory divisions over Rwanda reflect the wider anti-migrant mood across Europe
As far-right parties surge on the continent, Britain’s staunch multiculturalism is starting to look a little lonely.
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Rishi Sunak can afford to face down Tory rebels over the Rwanda bill
The Prime Minister knows that few of his critics genuinely want another leadership contest before the next election.
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“In the end, we’ll snap”: Inside the One Nation Tory fightback
Damian Green, who chairs the group of 106 Conservative moderates, reveals Rishi Sunak promised to go “no further on Rwanda”.
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The new immigration rules will pile more pressure onto unpaid carers
Harsher restrictions will only exacerbate conditions for the millions of people who provide unpaid care for their loved ones.
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How Rwanda ruined Rishi Sunak’s year
At today’s Liaison Committee session, the Prime Minister’s “tetchiness” was on display.
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The Parliament Brief: Health Secretary defends banning care workers’ dependants
Victoria Atkins told MPs that plans to limit immigration are “sensible” and will not negatively impact the social care sector.
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When will Tory centrists stand up to the right?
By voting for the Rwanda bill, One Nation MPs have dragged their party further to the extremes.
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The Rwanda plan has become another Brexit for the Tories
Rishi Sunak’s bill may have passed but disunity and despair continue to plague the Conservatives.
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Sunak’s problems go much deeper than the Rwanda bill
Conservative infighting risks obscuring any policy successes the Prime Minister enjoys.
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The government’s new immigration rules are a recipe for stagnation
New salary thresholds will exclude valuable and talented individuals in some of the most productive, innovate sectors.
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Why the immigration minister job has been split in two
Creating a minister for “legal migration” and a minister for “illegal migration” reveals a telling calculation.
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How long can Rishi Sunak survive?
The Tory MPs who have lost patience with the Prime Minister span the entire party.
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