Week-in-Review: Rishi Sunak’s New Spartans will rise (and fall) again
Misunderstood and shunned, for those eleven Conservative MPs who voted “No” to Rishi Sunak’s flagship Rwanda Bill last week, defeat is a matter of perspective — and victory a matter of time. Small in number but strong in will, Conservative MPs Suella Braverman, Robert Jenrick, Sir Simon Clarke, Danny Kruger, Miriam Cates, Sir Bill […]
Robert Jenrick to ‘actively consider’ voting against Rwanda Bill if amendments defeated
Robert Jenrick has said he will “actively consider” voting against the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill when it reaches its final commons stage if it is not amended to his liking. The former immigration minister, who resigned over his objections to the legislation in December, has tabled amendments alongside veteran rebel Sir Bill […]
Conservative right bids to close Rwanda bill ‘loopholes’ as commons showdown looms
Rishi Sunak faces a House of Commons showdown over the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill when it receives line-by-line scrutiny in its committee stage next week. In the commons yesterday, House leader Penny Mordaunt confirmed the Rwanda Bill will be scrutinised by a committee of the whole House on 16 and 17 January. […]
After Robert Jenrick’s resignation, Rishi Sunak has never been more exposed
Robert Jenrick entered parliament in 2014 after seeing off a challenge from UKIP in a by-election. In such contests, parties tend to pick the most generic, least troublesome candidates after rounds of rigorous vetting. Jenrick, the mild-mannered lawyer, was pointedly prototypical. In parliament, Jenrick acquired the moniker “Robert Generic” as he climbed the greasy poll […]
‘The fortunes of the Conservative Party are at stake’ – read Robert Jenrick’s resignation letter in full
Robert Jenrick has this evening resigned as immigration minister. Read his resignation statement in full below: Dear prime minister, It is with great sadness that I write to tender my resignation as Minister for Immigration. I cannot continue in my position when I have such strong disagreements with the direction of the Government’s policy on […]
Robert Jenrick’s resignation could be ‘death knell for Sunak’s leadership’, Conservative MP says
Robert Jenrick has resigned from his post as immigration minister over the government’s Rwanda plan. Home secretary James Cleverly confirmed his colleague’s departure following concerted questioning in the House of Commons this evening. https://www.politics.co.uk/parliament/chris-bryant-has-jenrick-resigned-because-rwanda-bill-is-crazy-or-because-he-doesnt-think-its-crazy-enough/ Speculation mounted after Jenrick was missing from the frontbench as Cleverly gave a statement on the government’s bid to rescue the […]
Minister ‘confident’ Rwanda flights will start before election amid Cleverly visit
Immigration minister Robert Jenrick has this morning insisted he is “confident” that flights will be taking off to Rwanda before the next election. It comes after home secretary James Cleverly has arrived in Rwanda to sign a new treaty with the country. He will meet his counterpart, Vincent Biruta, to sign the treaty and discuss key next […]
Is Robert Jenrick the new Suella Braverman?
Has Robert Jenrick gone rogue? Well, that was the charge of shadow immigration minister Stephen Kinnock, who rose to interrogate his opposite number at Home Office questions on Monday, the first since Suella Braverman’s unceremonious sacking as the department chief. Aiming down the barrel of the despatch box, Kinnock said of Jenrick, the number two at the […]
Minister says housing asylum seekers in hotels was ‘never the right policy’ as closures announced
After announcing yesterday that the government will close 50 so-called migrant hotels over the next three months, Robert Jenrick said this morning that housing asylum seekers in hotels was “never the right policy”. Jenrick made a statement to the House of Commons yesterday in which he announced that the government will close 50 asylum hotels […]
Ministers will tout progress on ‘stopping the boats’ with plan to cut number of hotels housing asylum seekers
Contracts are set to be terminated with more than 100 hotels so that they are no longer used to house asylum seekers, it will be announced. The contracts will be ended in areas considered key election battlegrounds as the government seeks to highlight the purported progress of “stopping the boats”. The announcement, which will be […]
