From conflict to the climate – what are the UK parties’ international plans?
As the election nears, we scrutinise how each of the main contenders would deal with problems around the world Conflicts and environmental disasters are stretching...
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More than £320m spent on Rwanda policy will be lost if Tories lose election
Costs of trying to deport asylum seekers cannot be recovered if Labour wins and disbands policy More than £320m spent by the government on the...
Starmer has laid out his plan to tackle asylum. Will it actually work? | Sunder Katwala
The Labour leader confirmed he would scrap the Rwanda scheme in his Dover speech, then confusingly blurred his own argument Could Keir Starmer “Make Asylum...
Council of Europe human rights watchdog condemns UK’s Rwanda bill
Commissioner expresses grave concern after Rishi Sunak’s asylum policy passes parliamentary stages The Council of Europe’s human rights watchdog has condemned Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda scheme,...
UK bill that would deport asylum seekers to Rwanda will become law
Lawyers prepare for legal battles on behalf of individual asylum seekers challenging removal to east Africa How the UK government’s Rwanda deportation plan was fought...
Tory MP from slave-owning family set to gain £3m from sale of former plantation
Caribbean historians want Richard Drax to pay reparations – but now Barbados plans to buy his land for homes The Conservative MP under fire for...
Jamaica condemns Frank Hester’s Diane Abbott comments amid concern over contract
Ministers condemn allegedly racist remarks and say they knew about them only after signing deal The Jamaican government has joined widespread condemnation of comments by...
Lords pass five amendments to Rwanda bill in heavy defeat for Rishi Sunak
Peers, including senior Tories, vote by margins of about 100 votes for changes to legislation, which will have to go back to Commons Rishi Sunak...
Sunak ‘out of touch’ for betting £1,000 on Rwanda plan’s success, says Labour
PM also criticised for saying ‘the facts speak for themselves’ when asked if Keir Starmer was a terrorist sympathiser Rishi Sunak has been called “out...
Exiled Rwandan who survived murder attempt condemns UK deportation plan
Opposition politician Frank Ntwali says country is unsafe and Sunak’s pursuance of policy ‘quite bizarre’ A Rwandan opposition politician who narrowly survived an assassination attempt...
