The prime minister is facing a Conservative meltdown over the Rwanda deportation bill after two deputy chairs on Monday night said they would support rebel amendments aimed at blocking international human rights laws.
In a new assessment of the plan, which the government revised after the UK’s supreme court last November described the policy as “unlawful”, the UN body said it “does not meet the required standards relating to the legality and appropriateness of the transfer of asylum seekers and is not compatible with international refugee law”.
Robert Jenrick, who resigned last month as immigration minister, used an article in the Daily Telegraph to accuse others of trying to “smear” amendments he has put forward on the Rwanda legislation “by saying I advance a fringe rightwing opinion”.
The results – a day after another poll showing the Tories were on course for an election wipeout and which was dismissed by the Conservative leadership as the work of individuals intent on “undermining” the party – found that in 310 of the 361 seats in England and Wales Labour is set to win, the policy he advocated was the favoured option.
Miriam Cates, another prominent rightwing backbencher, also referenced the poll in an interview with BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Tuesday morning to bolster her case and made it clear she was prepared to vote down the bill.
Government insiders still believe they will get the commmittee stage of the bill through on Tuesday without amendment, although the key third reading vote on Wednesday is a steeper challenge as it would take just 29 Tory MPs to rebel, or 57 to abstain, for it to fail.
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The prime minister is facing a Conservative meltdown over the Rwanda deportation bill after two deputy chairs on Monday night said they would support rebel amendments aimed at blocking international human rights laws.
In a new assessment of the plan, which the government revised after the UK’s supreme court last November described the policy as “unlawful”, the UN body said it “does not meet the required standards relating to the legality and appropriateness of the transfer of asylum seekers and is not compatible with international refugee law”.
Robert Jenrick, who resigned last month as immigration minister, used an article in the Daily Telegraph to accuse others of trying to “smear” amendments he has put forward on the Rwanda legislation “by saying I advance a fringe rightwing opinion”.
The results – a day after another poll showing the Tories were on course for an election wipeout and which was dismissed by the Conservative leadership as the work of individuals intent on “undermining” the party – found that in 310 of the 361 seats in England and Wales Labour is set to win, the policy he advocated was the favoured option.
Miriam Cates, another prominent rightwing backbencher, also referenced the poll in an interview with BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Tuesday morning to bolster her case and made it clear she was prepared to vote down the bill.
Government insiders still believe they will get the commmittee stage of the bill through on Tuesday without amendment, although the key third reading vote on Wednesday is a steeper challenge as it would take just 29 Tory MPs to rebel, or 57 to abstain, for it to fail.
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