Rwanda bill: flights delayed until June as Sunak loses seven Lords votes - The Times

Rishi Sunak has suffered another blow to his Rwanda bill after a series of heavy defeats in the Lords delayed the first flights until June, as he pleaded with MPs to unite behind him.

The government lost seven votes, with majorities ranging between 30 and 55, as peers backed changes that aim to water down Sunak’s hardline legislation to deport migrants to Rwanda. Among those who voted against the government was the Conservative peer Lord Clarke of Nottingham, who served as chancellor in 1993-97.

James Cleverly, the home secretary, accused opponents in the Lords of putting migrants’ lives at risk. He said: “While Labour and their allies try anything to delay, disrupt or destroy that plan, people are risking their lives in the hands of

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