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Her claim came as Reform UK unveiled a steady stream of councillors defecting from the Conservatives on Tuesday

The Tory leader said every Conservative candidate must sign up to leaving the ECHR or face being barred from standing at the next election.

The UK supreme court has ruled that a detainee in Guantánamo Bay can sue the UK government under English law over its alleged involvement in his detention and torture. This is the first case concerning the UK government’s liability for its participation in abuses committed by the CIA during the…

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…

Robert Jenrick said new legislation to stop small boats ‘does not go far enough’

It is understood that he was questioned about the European Convention on Human Rights, as well as Rishi Sunak’s efforts to revive the Rwanda plan.

£140m plan to send asylum seekers to east Africa found to be unlawful

Tories on the right of the party will once again call for the UK to leave the European Convention on Human Rights if they lose in the Supreme Court.

The sacked home secretary said the Prime Minister could betray the public even if he wins the legal appeal.