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Tories planned to spend £10bn on Rwanda scheme. From HS2 to benefits, here’s how it could be better spent
Rishi Sunak
A modest proposal

Tories planned to spend £10bn on Rwanda scheme. From HS2 to benefits, here’s how it could be better spent

Home secretary Yvette Cooper has revealed the Conservatives planned to spent £10bn on the Rwanda scheme. Let's put it to better use
Labour just won the election with a historic landslide. So what happens now?
General election 2024

Labour just won the election with a historic landslide. So what happens now?

Tory manifesto: Rishi Sunak slammed for 'arbitrary, untenable and cruel' immigration pledges
Rishi Sunak at the Conservative 2024 election manifesto launch
General election 2024

Tory manifesto: Rishi Sunak slammed for 'arbitrary, untenable and cruel' immigration pledges

No Rwanda flights before election, Sunak admits – as calls for urgent asylum reform grow louder
General election 2024

No Rwanda flights before election, Sunak admits – as calls for urgent asylum reform grow louder

'We will do all we can to resist': Sunak gets Rwanda plan through parliament – so what happens now?
Politics

'We will do all we can to resist': Sunak gets Rwanda plan through parliament – so what happens now?

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Sunak admits he will miss his own target of Rwanda flights taking off by spring
Rwanda
Immigration

Sunak admits he will miss his own target of Rwanda flights taking off by spring

Modern slavery survivors face being sent to Rwanda after MPs vote down deportation bill amendments
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Rwanda bill

Modern slavery survivors face being sent to Rwanda after MPs vote down deportation bill amendments

True cost of Rishi Sunak's Rwanda asylum plan could soar by billions, think tank warns
Rwanda Rishi Sunak
Immigration

True cost of Rishi Sunak's Rwanda asylum plan could soar by billions, think tank warns

Rwanda asylum plan could cost taxpayer more than £500m. Here's how that could be much better spent
Rishi Sunak and James Cleverly have been trying to get the Rwanda scheme off the ground
A modest proposal

Rwanda asylum plan could cost taxpayer more than £500m. Here's how that could be much better spent

Letters: The UK was known for championing human rights – until Rishi Sunak's government
Letters

Letters: The UK was known for championing human rights – until Rishi Sunak's government

MPs have backed Rishi Sunak's offensive Rwanda bill. Here's how it threatens our human rights
Rwanda deportation flights protest
Shami Chakrabarti

MPs have backed Rishi Sunak's offensive Rwanda bill. Here's how it threatens our human rights

I'm a refugee who fled hate and torture. UK's cruel Rwanda plan has thrown me back to square one
Rwanda: Rishi Sunak
King

I'm a refugee who fled hate and torture. UK's cruel Rwanda plan has thrown me back to square one

2024 is a chance to reject politicians' migrant blame game at the ballot box
UK Jamaica policy
Immigration

2024 is a chance to reject politicians' migrant blame game at the ballot box

UK government spent millions defending its Rwanda plan. Here's how that money could be better spent
Rishi Sunak and James Cleverly have been trying to get the Rwanda scheme off the ground
A modest proposal

UK government spent millions defending its Rwanda plan. Here's how that money could be better spent

UK's doomed Rwanda plan is costing taxpayers £290m. Here's how that money could be better spent
Rishi Sunak
A Modest Proposal

UK's doomed Rwanda plan is costing taxpayers £290m. Here's how that money could be better spent

Human rights and rule of law under threat in UK after Rwanda bill vote, charities warn
Rwanda deportation flights protest
Immigration

Human rights and rule of law under threat in UK after Rwanda bill vote, charities warn

Rwanda judgement means asylum seekers can 'sleep without fear', says charity behind court victory
Rwanda deportation flights protest
Immigration

Rwanda judgement means asylum seekers can 'sleep without fear', says charity behind court victory

Government plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is unlawful, Supreme Court finds
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Immigration

Government plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is unlawful, Supreme Court finds

Protesters challenge government asylum policy ahead of first deportation flight to Rwanda
Rwanda deportation flights protest
Deportation flights

Protesters challenge government asylum policy ahead of first deportation flight to Rwanda

Charities are taking legal action against the government over its plans to send refugees to Rwanda
Home Secretary Priti Patel and Minister Biruta sign the migration and economic development partnership between the UK and Rwanda
Home Office

Charities are taking legal action against the government over its plans to send refugees to Rwanda