Archbishop of Canterbury set to hit out at small boats legislation in the House of Lords

Today the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby is set to make major intervention by criticising the Government’s highly contentious plans to stop small boat Channel crossings 🚨 Follow our live blog for the latest

and other MPs at Prime Minister’s Questions this lunchtime, in the first such session since the Conservatives lost over 1,000 seats in the local elections last week., is set to make major intervention by criticising the Government’s highly contentious laws to stop the small boat Channel crossings.

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