Next. Good evening. At a minute after nine, im Polly Middlehurst. Well, our top story middlehurst. Well, our top story today is the government has suffered a string of defeats to its flagship immigration policy. The rwanda bill in the house of lords tonight peers have been voting variously in favour of monitoring mechanisms which would ensure safeguards in the bill would be fully implemented , bill would be fully implemented, and making sure the bill is fully compliant with international and domestic law. Nearly 50 amendments were put forward , with more being voted forward, with more being voted on wednesday. Well, the Prime Minister, rishi sunak, previously warned the lords against frustrating the will of the people by hampering the passage of safety of rwanda passage of his safety of rwanda bill. Meanwhile, a record 385 migrants crossed the English Channel today. Thats the largest number on a single day this year. Gb largest number on a single day this year. Gb news understands a se
Go. Are your loved ones being cared for by a foreign con artist. Next. Good evening. At a minute after nine, im Polly Middlehurst. Well, our top story middlehurst. Well, our top story today is the government has suffered a string of defeats to its flagship immigration policy. The rwanda bill in the house of lords tonight peers have been voting variously in favour of monitoring mechanisms which would ensure safeguards in the bill would be fully implemented , bill would be fully implemented, and making sure the bill is fully compliant with international and domestic law. Nearly 50 amendments were put forward , with more being voted forward, with more being voted on wednesday. Well, the Prime Minister, rishi sunak, previously warned the lords against frustrating the will of the people by hampering the passage of safety of rwanda passage of his safety of rwanda bill. Meanwhile, a record 385 migrants crossed the English Channel today. Thats the largest number on a single day this year. Gb l
Force earlier on today. Well, force earlier on today. Well, the other main news today is that the government has suffered a defeat, a third defeat, indeed to its flagship immigration policy , the rwanda bill in the policy, the rwanda bill in the house of lords this evening. Peers voted by 277 votes to 167, in favour of a monitoring mechanism which would ensure safeguards in the bill will be fully implemented. If youre fully implemented. If youre watching us on tv , you can see watching us on tv, you can see these live pictures coming to us from the upper chamber. Now there is, we believe, another session this evening where therell be a vote possibly two more votes, and it comes a day after two earlier defeats where the lords backed motions making sure the bill is fully compliant with the law. Those actually were earlier on today. So far, nearly 50 amendments have been put forward to the this bill, put forward to the on this bill, with more being voted as i with more being voted on. As
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Last week’s by-election in Batley & Spen, an old Yorkshire manufacturing town with a Labour tradition and a large postwar south-Asian Muslim population, has opened up a new chapter in post-Brexit politics.
With Labour trailing badly behind a Conservative government, seemingly untouchable despite its lies and corruption, the script seemed clear. The party would lose in a straight fight with the Tories, Keir Starmer would face a challenge to his leadership of Labour and the disintegration of British social democracy would accelerate.
It didn’t quite turn out that way. Labour won just by 323 votes. Starmer emerged rejuvenated and all talk of a leadership challenge evaporated. And the government remains mired in personal and financial scandals.