seekers to the east african country has proven controversial and a revolt ofjust 29 of the prime minister s mps would be enough to defeat the bill, as our political correspondent iain watson reports. is rishi sunak in danger of losing control of his policy to stop the boats? there s a crucial vote in parliament today on his new plan to send some asylum seekers to rwanda. but mps on the right of his party are worried that this won t stop the courts from getting clogged up with legal challenges. and some have called for his legislation to be scrapped altogether. i don t think that the bill is easily amendable. and really i think that the government needs to review it and maybe consider a completely new piece of legislation because this leaves so many gaps in the legislation. so this morning, the prime minister is trying to butter up some of his critics over breakfast in downing street. it s maybe not what you normally talk about over coffee, but he ll try to convince them that
good evening. on the eve of a crucial vote for the prime minister on his plan to send illegal migrants to rwanda various factions of conservative mps have been meeting and giving their opinions on whether the plan will work and by extension whether they are likely to vote for it. and in an indication of how divided the party is over the issue, the opinions vary widely. some have given it their backing as long as it doesn t change others say it has to change or be junked altogether. others say it has to change or be junked altogether. our political editor chris mason is in westminster. this plan is something that rishi sunak has made central to his premiership but he s struggling to get his party to back it. he really is. that s the reality tonight. there are few more awkward places for a prime minister to find themselves than one where they are transparently and very publicly at the mercy of their own mps. clumps of conservatives who have been meeting throughout the
foster who is in israel. here in the uk. the home office has earmarked at least £700 million to manage the arrival of migrants on small boats until 2030. the projections flew under the radar yet officials published them online last week, as home secretary james cleverly flew to rwanda to sign a new treaty to, quote, stop the boats . they predict the channel crossings could continue up to 203k. 0ur chief political correspondent henry zeffman has more from downing street. it s been the government s mantra for the last three prime ministers, although that does not actually take you back that far in time, given the turmoil in the conservative party, but rishi sunak very much made it his own, at the start of this year he set out five promises for the year ahead and one of them was, in his words, to stop the boats. now, he was dealt a very significant setbackjust a month or so ago when the supreme court ruled that his plan to deport asylum seekers to rwanda was in its current for
prime minister rishi sunak has been giving evidence to the covid inquiry here in london today. critics suggest that his eat out to help out the policy under which the government subsidised meals led to an increase in infections. early evidence at the inquiry suggested that health officials hadn t been consulted about that because the milk scheme, but rishi insisted milk scheme, but rishiinsisted insisted that the chief scientific and medical advisers did not object when the scheme was announced. rishi and a chance at the time back in 2020 claim his actions had protected millions ofjobs hospitality sector. my primary concern was protecting millions ofjobs of particularly vulnerable people who worked in this industry. all the data, all the evidence, all the polling, all the input from those companies suggested that unless we did something, many of those jobs would have been at risk with devastating consequences for those people and their families. and that s my independent thin
discounts the summer of 2020, restaurant discounts offered, some people suggesting that that has led to an increase suggesting that that has led to an increase in infections. rishi sunak was the increase in infections. rishi sunak was the key increase in infections. rishi sunak was the key architect of that. there will be was the key architect of that. there will be questions to mark sedwill ahout will be questions to mark sedwill about that. there has also been some suggestion about that. there has also been some suggestion that people around government were referring to the treasury government were referring to the treasury led by rishi sunak as the denth treasury led by rishi sunak as the death squad, the pro death squad because death squad, the pro death squad because they were pushing very hard to protect because they were pushing very hard to protect the economy, perhaps at the expense of health. perhaps those around the expense of health. perhaps tho