Rishi Sunak is struggling to reconcile Tory MPs' competing demands over his Rwanda plan, as would-be rebels warned that "major surgery" is still required to fix the flagship asylum legislation.
The embattled prime minister is hosting an emergency breakfast in Downing Street this morning with would-be rebels who have warned that “major surgery” is still required to fix the legislation.
The Safety of Rwanda Bill aims to revive the stalled £290m scheme to deport asylum seekers who arrive by small boat to the east African nation, after the Supreme Court ruled it unlawful.
But in a sign of the challenge facing the prime minister, moderates from the opposite wing said the government must “stick to its guns”, warning that any further changes to appease the right-wingers would breach international law and prove “unacceptable”.
Former defence secretary Ben Wallace urged his colleagues not to “wreck” the government over the Rwanda plan, describing immigration as a “Rubik’s cube of a problem”.
The backing of the One Nation caucus was a boost to the prime minister - who spent most of Monday in front of the COVID-19 inquiry - and his hopes for getting the bill through the key parliamentary stage.
Meanwhile Brexiteer European Research Group (ERG) said the legislation had “so many holes in it” that the consensus from this wing of the party was to “pull the bill” and put forward a “revised version that works better”.
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The embattled prime minister is hosting an emergency breakfast in Downing Street this morning with would-be rebels who have warned that “major surgery” is still required to fix the legislation.
The Safety of Rwanda Bill aims to revive the stalled £290m scheme to deport asylum seekers who arrive by small boat to the east African nation, after the Supreme Court ruled it unlawful.
But in a sign of the challenge facing the prime minister, moderates from the opposite wing said the government must “stick to its guns”, warning that any further changes to appease the right-wingers would breach international law and prove “unacceptable”.
Former defence secretary Ben Wallace urged his colleagues not to “wreck” the government over the Rwanda plan, describing immigration as a “Rubik’s cube of a problem”.
The backing of the One Nation caucus was a boost to the prime minister - who spent most of Monday in front of the COVID-19 inquiry - and his hopes for getting the bill through the key parliamentary stage.
Meanwhile Brexiteer European Research Group (ERG) said the legislation had “so many holes in it” that the consensus from this wing of the party was to “pull the bill” and put forward a “revised version that works better”.
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