Watch as peers in the House of Lords debate Rishi Sunak's flagship Rwanda asylum policy on Monday, 22 January, after the prime minister won a key Commons vote last week. The Safety of Rwanda Bill passed its third reading in the Commons unamended with a majority of 44. Eleven Tories, including former home secretary Suella Braverman, voted against Mr Sunak's immigration plan-despite other would-be rebels indicating they opposed the legislation before the vote. Serious opposition is now expected as

Watch live as the Rwanda bill faces a test in the House of Lords on Monday 29 January. Rishi Sunak is braced for further battle over his bill to revive the government’s asylum scheme, as the legislation faces scrutiny from a number of prominent critics. Some 71 members of the upper chamber are expected to speak at the second reading debate of the draft law. Among them is the Archbishop of Canterbury, who has voiced profound concerns about the plan to send asylum seekers who cross the Channel in

The Conservatives should be ashamed of themselves for stooping to those depths.... It demeans the reputation of politics.” Former Tory minister Alistair Burt said the post was “ disgraceful ”.... And Labour’s candidate for Windsor said the advert was “ truly pathetic ”....

The Home Office has hired an aircraft hangar and a dummy plane for security officials to practise forcing asylum seekers onto flights to Rwanda, it has emerged.As the government prepares for deportation flights to take off, security guards have undergone special training programmes to deal with disruptive people. Migrants are to be escorted one by one from a detention facility on an airbase, The Times reported, before staff mimic scenarios the Home Office expects them to encounter when putting t

Read ourprivacy notice Thanks for signing up to theView from Westminster email{{# verifyErrors}}{{ message}}{{/ verifyErrors}}{{^ verifyErrors}} Something went wrong.... Please try again later{{/ verifyErrors}} Defiant peers have rejected Rishi Sunak’s warning not to frustrate “ the will of the people ” by opposing his flagship Rwanda legislation, as the prime minister heads for a showdown with the House of Lords.... The PM said his controversial deportation plan is an “ urgent national priori

The Government is examining plans to make it a criminal offence to enter Afghanistan, as fears grow that Britons could travel to join Islamist terror networks in the country. All or part of the Central Asian nation would be blacklisted under the proposal, which would allow UK authorities to jail people for up to 10 years if they were proven to have visited the outlawed territory.A government source on Monday night told The Telegraph: “ We’re looking at every option available at this stage about

“ I have been offended by criticism-some of it aimed at me and others who spoke out on the Rwanda subject-that we are ‘unelected nobodies’ who are simply put here to obey the rule of the democratically elected house.“ My Lords, that is not our role.... This is an urgent national priority ”.... " The treaty with Rwanda is signed and the legislation which deems Rwanda a safe country has been passed unamended in our elected chamber." There is now only one question....

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LOS ANGELES — Elton John has achieved EGOT status. The famed British singer-pianist won an Emmy Award on Monday night for best variety special( live) for “ Elton John Live: Farewell from Dodger Stadium, ” a three-hour concert documentary that streamed on Disney+. Advertisement John said he was “ incredibly humbled ” for joining the elite group of EGOT winners who have won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards.“ The journey to this moment has been filled with passion, dedication, and the unwavering

The government has suffered a series of defeats over its attempts to crackdown on protests after peers rejected a raft of controversial measures proposed by ministers in response to action taken by Insulate Britain and others. New powers turned down by the House of Lords included allowing police officers to stop and search anyone at a protest “ without suspicion ” for items used to prevent a person being moved, known as “ locking-on ”.... Stressing the need for the protest measures, home office