dec 12, 2023 - Rwanda bill passes first vote in Commons

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Rishi Sunak narrowly avoided a major rebellion by rightwing Conservative MPs after they abstained on his controversial Rwanda bill but the prime minister faces further peril in the new year.

In a blow to Sunak’s authority, more than two-dozen Tory rightwingers abstained in the vote on deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda, including the former home secretary Suella Braverman.

MPs warned that the prime minister must strengthen the legislation or face it being voted down when it returns to the Commons in early January.

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