Parliamentary stand off has delayed the Rwanda policy
'I started smoking at 11 - the tobacco bill would have stopped me getting cancer'An inflatable dinghy carrying around 65 migrants crosses the English Channel on March 06, 2024 in the English Channel. Rishi Sunak has been forced to ditch plans to get the first flights to Rwanda off the ground by the end of spring, Downing Street has admitted.
No10 said the small boats policy has been hit by fresh delays after Lords refused to back down on various amendments to the Rwanda bill, which has yet to be passed into law. The Prime Minister’s spokesman said: “The timetable that we had previously set out factored in plenty of time for parliamentary debate but obviously the bill has continued to be delayed.
“We will set out the timeline as soon as the bill passes through the House of Lords. The Lords did hold the bill up again last night, we are working at pace to get the bill passed and get flights off.”I'm a Waspi woman – a teacher for 20 years, at 64 I’m now a cleaner to make ends meet
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