The latest Government setback means a continuation of the wrangling over the proposed law aimed at ‘stopping the boats’.
Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda deportation plan has been given a fresh beating by peers, amid a continuing stand-off over the controversial policy.
However, the margin of the defeats was narrowed as the Tory administration drafted in rarely seen peers to bolster numbers. But the Lords insisted on an amendment to restore the jurisdiction of domestic courts in relation to the safety of Rwanda and enable them to intervene.
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