David Cameron has poured cold water on calls from campaigners to scrap the BBC licence fee. Speaking at a Lords select committee this afternoon, the Foreign Secretary launched into an impassioned defence of the so-called ‘Telly Tax’, predicting that those hoping for
Wes Streeting refused to rule out whether their latest MP, Tory defector Dan Poulter, was offered a spot in the House of Lords for his help dealing a blow to Rishi Sunak this week. Mr Poulter, the MP for Central Suffolk and
The respected veteran Labour politician Frank Field has sadly passed away aged 81 after a protracted battle with terminal cancer. In a statement issued early this morning, Mr Field’s family said: “Frank was director of the Child Poverty Action Group between 1969
Voting in the Commons has already begun on what is billed as the final night in Parliament for the Conservative’s crucial Rwanda Bill. Speaking at a surprise press conference from Downing Street this morning, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak put the blocking House
Rishi Sunak will today urge peers to back his Rwanda plan as it faces its final parliamentary showdown. The Prime Minister will hold a press conference this morning ahead of crunch votes on the legislation aimed at making the plan to send
Conceding ground to the House of Lords would “sponsor” the Channel smuggling route, Downing Street has declared. Peers refused to back down over excluding asylum seekers who worked with the British military from deportation to Rwanda. The Government is still refusing to
The Government has dropped its Spring target for the first migrant flight to Rwanda. In a blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s hopes of ending the Channel crisis, Number 10 refused to commit to the previous deadline amid a litany of delays.
Meddling Labour peers in the House of Lords are trying to force a vote on two of the four amendments to Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda Bill – which could stop flights taking off in June. If they are able to push through extra
MPs rejected amendments to the Rwanda plan (Image: Getty) Members of Parliament rejected a series of “totally pointless” amendments unelected Lords made to Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda plan over fears they could ground flights to Kigali. The plan will now return to the
Peers are expected to mull the Rwanda Bill on Tuesday and could then send it back to the Commons with amendments later in the week, prolonging the process known as parliamentary ping-pong where legislation is batted between the two Houses. Once passed,