
Starmer accuses Sunak of calling early election to avoid Rwanda test
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sir Keir Starmer has accused Rishi Sunak of never believing the Rwanda deportation plan would work after the Prime Minister conceded flights would not take off before the election. “We have to deal with the terrible loss of control of the border under this Government, we have to tackle the small boats that are coming across but nobody should be making that journey.” Meanwhile Mr Sunak insisted that the Rwanda scheme would provide a deterrent, telling GB News: “Unless you’re able to deliver that, people will keep coming.” On a visit to a distribution centre in Derbyshire, the PM sought to hammer his message that the Tories have a “clear plan” while Labour would go “back to square one”. Despite speculation at Westminster about a Tory rebel effort to oust Mr Sunak and call off the election, one prominent critic of the Prime Minister said it was “too late” to get rid of him. In his Downing Street statement, the Prime Minister said the election would be a question of trust, warning that Sir Keir was not the man to lead the country through “uncertain” times.
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After Starmer nixing Sunak’s Rwanda plan, Germany wants UK's facilities to deport immigrants
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UK's scrapped Rwanda migrant plan a 'shocking waste' of $904 million in public funds, minister says
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New U.K. Prime Minister Starmer says controversial Rwanda deportation plan is 'dead and buried'
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New UK Prime Minister Starmer says controversial Rwanda deportation plan is 'dead and buried'
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Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda flights plan is not credible, damning report by MPs finds
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Rishi Sunak ordered by High Court judge to come clean on first Rwanda flight date
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Gloom for Sunak as he admits Rwanda flights won’t take off – and five more Tories quit
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Rishi Sunak admits no Rwanda deportation flights will take off before election
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Sunak says no Rwanda deportation flights before election as campaigns begin
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Why Rishi Sunak had to go bold and call an election now
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Keir Starmer has ‘no plans’ and ‘no principles’, says Rishi Sunak
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Rwanda flights could come as soon as June as Starmer slams Tory ‘gimmicks’
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Sunak claims migrants going to Ireland shows Rwanda plan is working, despite no flights taking off
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Let this tragedy in the Channel be the death knell of the Rwanda policy
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Rishi Sunak keeps July election on the table after Rwanda bill passes
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Rwanda Bill: Flights to go ahead as asylum policy finally passes into law in major boost for Rishi Sunak
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The government is ready to take on lawyers and campaign groups over the Rwanda plan, Rishi Sunak vows
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Sunak insists Rwanda flights will be in the air by July, ‘no ifs, no buts’
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Rishi Sunak promises Rwanda deportation flights in July ahead of parliamentary showdown
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Sunak to set out details of Rwanda plan as parliamentary showdown looms
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UK Parliament approves Rwanda deportation bill, ending weeks of legislative stalemate
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Rishi Sunak to urge peers to back Rwanda plan as it faces final showdown
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UK’s Sunak promises Rwanda deportation flights will begin in 10-12 weeks
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Rishi Sunak delays Rwanda flight plans as Downing Street refuses to commit to Spring
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Rwandan state airline rejects Sunak’s asylum seeker plan
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Sunak hints that UK could leave ECHR if Rwanda plan blocked
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Starmer defends record saying he’s convicted ‘more people smugglers than Sunak’s helicopter rides’
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Rishi Sunak risks fresh Rwanda vote battle in Lords after Commons boost
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