The Latest Breaking News from Rwanda

Public trust in the competence of the Conservatives has collapsed – and with very good reason

Furore over the controversial Rwanda scheme labelled far from ‘helpful’ as Britain seeks to fulfil role in the international forum

The PM is facing growing prospect of humiliating Commons defeat over flagship illegal migration policy

Prime minister is facing an appearance at the Covid inquiry and a vote on emergency Rwanda legislation

Former immigration minister says Rwanda bill will fail to end legal challenges to policy of removing people who cross Channel in small boats

Ahead of a vote on the bill on Tuesday government sources say they are ‘happy to have conversations’ with rebel MPs

Top civil servant summoned to give ‘full and frank’ answers after costs of scheme rose from £140m to £290m

By next year the British government will have paid out £290m on the scheme – which has yet to host a single deportee, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Might Rishi Sunak’s ongoing political Golgotha swing the likelihood of an early election? Two answers suggest themselves in the wake of the “Jenrick moment” — the abrupt resignation of Sunak’s immigration minister over the delivery (or not) of the “Rwanda plan” and a press conference at which a plainly furious…