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Rishi Sunak Pleas With Riotous Tories To Back His Rwanda Deal
Rishi Sunak Pleas With Riotous Tories To Back His Rwanda Deal
Home affairs
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will spend this weekend trying to convince cantankerous Conservative MPs to back his latest Rwanda plan when new legislation is put to a high-risk House of Commons vote early next week. 
Tories Are 'Very Nervous' About Rishi Sunak's Rwanda Deportation Legislation
Political parties
Tories Are "Very Nervous" About Rishi Sunak's Rwanda Deportation Legislation
What Do The Tory Right Actually Want On Rwanda?
Home affairs
What Do The Tory Right Actually Want On Rwanda?
Suella Braverman Says Tories Face 'Electoral Oblivion' If Rwanda Legislation Doesn't Meet Five Tests
Home affairs
Suella Braverman Says Tories Face "Electoral Oblivion" If Rwanda Legislation Doesn't Meet Five Tests
Most People Have 'Stopped Listening' To The Tories, Says 2019 Manifesto Writer
Political parties
Most People Have "Stopped Listening" To The Tories, Says 2019 Manifesto Writer
Keir Starmer Says Labour Would Bring In 'New Era' Of 'Obsession' With Growth
Economy
Keir Starmer Says Labour Would Bring In "New Era" Of "Obsession" With Growth
Reform Leader Says Tories Should Be Terrified Of His Party
Home affairs
Reform Leader Says Tories Should Be Terrified Of His Party
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Conflicting judgment: Starmer at the ICJ
Foreign affairs
By Robert Verkaik
Conflicting judgment: Starmer at the ICJ
Hard to swallow: Westminster's appetite for the I'm a Celeb jungle
Culture
By Tali Fraser
Hard to swallow: Westminster's appetite for the I'm a Celeb jungle
The Laura Farris interview: ‘My politics were a little more left leaning when I was young’
Communities
By Tali Fraser
The Laura Farris interview: ‘My politics were a little more left leaning when I was young’
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Tories Are Divided Over Whether Rishi Sunak Is “Finished” Ahead Of Rwanda Vote
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Rishi Sunak Pleas With Riotous Tories To Back His Rwanda Deal
Rishi Sunak Pleas With Riotous Tories To Back His Rwanda Deal
Home affairs
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Rishi Sunak Pleas With Riotous Tories To Back His Rwanda Deal
Home affairs
Rishi Sunak Pleas With Riotous Tories To Back His Rwanda Deal
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will spend this weekend trying to convince cantankerous Conservative MPs to back his latest Rwanda plan when new legislation is put to a high-risk House of Commons vote early next week. 
Tories Are 'Very Nervous' About Rishi Sunak's Rwanda Deportation Legislation
Political parties
Tories Are "Very Nervous" About Rishi Sunak's Rwanda Deportation Legislation
Conservative MPs in the moderate wing of the party are starting to feel "very nervous" about contentious emergency legislation intended to bypass human rights treaties to allow the UK to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, following a series of legal setbacks.
What Do The Tory Right Actually Want On Rwanda?
Home affairs
What Do The Tory Right Actually Want On Rwanda?
Rishi Sunak had hoped to keep the right and moderate wings of his party happy with his emergency legislation designed to enact the government’s plans to forcibly deport asylum seekers to Rwanda.
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Rishi Sunak Pleas With Riotous Tories To Back His Rwanda Deal
Home affairs
Rishi Sunak Pleas With Riotous Tories To Back His Rwanda Deal
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will spend this weekend trying to convince cantankerous Conservative MPs to back his latest Rwanda plan when new legislation is put to a high-risk House of Commons vote early next week. 
Tories Are 'Very Nervous' About Rishi Sunak's Rwanda Deportation Legislation
Political parties
Tories Are "Very Nervous" About Rishi Sunak's Rwanda Deportation Legislation
Conservative MPs in the moderate wing of the party are starting to feel "very nervous" about contentious emergency legislation intended to bypass human rights treaties to allow the UK to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, following a series of legal setbacks.
What Do The Tory Right Actually Want On Rwanda?
Home affairs
What Do The Tory Right Actually Want On Rwanda?
Rishi Sunak had hoped to keep the right and moderate wings of his party happy with his emergency legislation designed to enact the government’s plans to forcibly deport asylum seekers to Rwanda.
Suella Braverman Says Tories Face 'Electoral Oblivion' If Rwanda Legislation Doesn't Meet Five Tests
Home affairs
Suella Braverman Says Tories Face "Electoral Oblivion" If Rwanda Legislation Doesn't Meet Five Tests
Former home secretary Suella Braverman has set out five key tests that Rishi Sunak's emergency Rwanda legislation must meet if the Prime Minister is to retain the support of MPs on the right of the Conservative party, of whom she is a figurehead.
Conflicting judgment: Starmer at the ICJ
Foreign affairs
By Robert Verkaik
Conflicting judgment: Starmer at the ICJ
Keir Starmer’s experience of seeking to prove a genocide at The Hague has helped his response to the Gaza conflict, say fellow lawyers on the case, but some Labour MPs think otherwise
Hard to swallow: Westminster's appetite for the I'm a Celeb jungle
Culture
By Tali Fraser
Hard to swallow: Westminster's appetite for the I'm a Celeb jungle
Watching politicians eat Australasian offal has become a light entertainment staple. Tali Fraser explores Westminster’s appetite for the jungle
Most People Have 'Stopped Listening' To The Tories, Says 2019 Manifesto Writer
Political parties
Most People Have "Stopped Listening" To The Tories, Says 2019 Manifesto Writer
A majority of voters have "stopped listening" to the Conservatives and the only general election strategy the party has left is trying to scare people about the prospect of a Labour government, an author of the Tory party's last general election manifesto has said.
The Laura Farris interview: ‘My politics were a little more left leaning when I was young’
Communities
By Tali Fraser
The Laura Farris interview: ‘My politics were a little more left leaning when I was young’
Following her father as Conservative MP for Newbury, new minister Laura Farris tells Tali Fraser she won’t let tribal loyalty – or anything else – stop her from working to help victims of crime. Photography by Louise Haywood-Schiefer
Keir Starmer Says Labour Would Bring In 'New Era' Of 'Obsession' With Growth
Economy
Keir Starmer Says Labour Would Bring In "New Era" Of "Obsession" With Growth
Labour leader Keir Starmer has said that Britain is now in a “new era” that needs a “new economic consensus” with an “obsession” for growth and security, in what he described as a “very unusual” stance from Labour.
Reform Leader Says Tories Should Be Terrified Of His Party
Home affairs
Reform Leader Says Tories Should Be Terrified Of His Party
Conservative MPs should be "shitting themselves" about the threat to their seats from Reform UK at the next general election, its leader has warned, as the right wing party enjoys a bump in the polls at the expense of Rishi Sunak's Tories.
Labour Risks Being 'Hostage To Fortune' By Attacking Tories On Immigration
Political parties
Labour Risks Being "Hostage To Fortune" By Attacking Tories On Immigration
As the government struggles to meet its pledge to significantly reduce immigration, Labour has found a new confidence in attacking the Conservatives on an issue where they wouldn't always hope to have the upper hand with voters.
Alistair Darling Praised For “Calm Expertise And Honesty” Following Death Aged 70
Political parties
Alistair Darling Praised For “Calm Expertise And Honesty” Following Death Aged 70
Labour leader Keir Starmer has paid tribute to Alistair Darling’s “calm expertise and honesty”, following the death of the former Labour chancellor aged 70.
The Professor Will See You Now: Politicians wrong about nearly everything
Political parties
By Professor Philip Cowley
The Professor Will See You Now: Politicians wrong about nearly everything
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. This week: politicians wrong about nearly everything
Labour Will Attempt To Extend Rules Forcing Landlords To Deal With Mould To Private Sector
Communities
Labour Will Attempt To Extend Rules Forcing Landlords To Deal With Mould To Private Sector
Labour are set to attempt to extend rules that force landlords in social housing to deal with mould issues within a certain timeframe to the private rented sector.
What To Expect In The New Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill
Political parties
What To Expect In The New Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill
A Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill will be brought forward in Parliament on Monday afternoon, as campaigners and MPs gear up to widen the Bill’s scope and make it more radical.
Can Rishi Sunak Curb Migration Without Also Bringing Down The NHS?
Brexit
Can Rishi Sunak Curb Migration Without Also Bringing Down The NHS?
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is under renewed pressure from restless Conservative MPs to massively reduce net migration before the next general election, but how he does that without putting further strain on the health service and the economy is not clear.
Conservative MPs Welcome Autumn Statement But Demand More Tax Cuts
Economy
Conservative MPs Welcome Autumn Statement But Demand More Tax Cuts
Conservative MPs who are pushing for lower tax have cautiously welcomed Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement, but they stress that it must be followed by further tax cuts at the Spring Budget to limit damage to the Tory party at the next general election.
'A fresh start': TSSA's new general secretary Maryam Eslamdoust
Political parties
By Sienna Rodgers
'A fresh start': TSSA's new general secretary Maryam Eslamdoust
The Labour-affiliated trade union TSSA was rocked by scandal last year. Sienna Rodgers speaks to Maryam Eslamdoust in her first interview as the new general secretary
Tory MPs Flock To Moderate Wing To Resist Scrapping Of Human Rights Laws
Political parties
Tory MPs Flock To Moderate Wing To Resist Scrapping Of Human Rights Laws
The One Nation group of moderate Conservative MPs has seen its membership increase in recent weeks as they prepare to push back against calls for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to ignore human rights law. 
Tory Fury Over High Migration Could Overshadow Autumn Statement
Home affairs
Tory Fury Over High Migration Could Overshadow Autumn Statement
Conservative backbench anger over soon to be published migration figures threatens to cut short a positive Tory party reaction to any tax cuts in the Autumn Statement on Wednesday. 
Reports of the death of moderate Conservatism are premature
Political parties
By James Blagden
Reports of the death of moderate Conservatism are premature
It’s a popular hot-take to say that a Conservative defeat at the next election will inevitably cause the party to lurch to the right. The theory goes that a 1997-style wipeout would remove all the moderate voices brought into the fold since David Cameron’s modernisation project began in 2005, leaving a right-wing rump to rebuild. But that’s not what the evidence shows.
Rishi Sunak's Economic Attacks On Labour Will Be 'Very Difficult To Pull Off'
Economy
Rishi Sunak's Economic Attacks On Labour Will Be "Very Difficult To Pull Off"
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's claim that Labour lacks economic competence might prove a "very difficult" sell with voters who continue to associate him with the fiscal turmoil of his predecessor Liz Truss, according to a pollster.
Andy Burnham: 'Whitehall has got to get used to places like this answering them back'
Communities
By Sienna Rodgers
Andy Burnham: 'Whitehall has got to get used to places like this answering them back'
Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham talks to Sienna Rodgers about Sue Gray, transplanting Westminster to the North, and his plans for no less than ‘the wholesale rewiring of Britain’
Rishi Sunak Looks For 'Red Meat' To Satisfy Angry Tory MPs With In Autumn Statement
Economy
Rishi Sunak Looks For "Red Meat" To Satisfy Angry Tory MPs With In Autumn Statement
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is now under even greater pressure to throw some "red meat" to tax cut-hungry Tory MPs at next week's Autumn Statement as he tries to recover from probably the most difficult week of his leadership so far.
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