The Lords have defeated the government in the latest round of votes on the Rwanda bill, which means the legislation won't pass until tomorrow night at the earliest.

Lords voted by a majority of 25 in favour of Labour's amendment to respect international law. Looks like a…

Rishi Sunak used the King's coronation last year to lobby the leaders of target countries.

He set the Home Office and Foreign Office a deadline of last autumn to agree two additional third country deals.

But they failed due to disagreements over which countries to pursue.

Last month I worked undercover at HMP Bedford, one of the most dangerous jails in the country.

I was hired by an agency without thorough checks - they didn’t even Google my name! - and then I was able to walk inside and interact with prisoners without security searches.

Well this was quite something

A Labour government would give police the power to charge domestic abuse suspects so they can be kept in custody and prevented from returning home to assault their partners:
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Excl: The Home Office still has not found an airline to operate Rwanda deportation flights and is exploring the option of using RAF aircraft: thetimes.co.uk/article/englis…

Prisons crisis latest: The Ministry of Justice is repurposing a young offender's institution as an adult prison in order to free up cells.

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EXC: Doreen Lawrence, Labour’s adviser on race relations, complained to MPs and peers that Keir Starmer was not listening to her yesterday

Came as members of the BAME PLP criticised the leadership’s handling of disciplinary cases

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TIMES: Defeats deal fresh blow to Rwanda migrant bill #TomorrowsPapersToday

That's it for this side of Easter on the Rwanda bill.

Lords inflicted 7 defeats on the government with majorities ranging from 30 to 55 in favour of amendments to the Safety of Rwanda Bill.

The legislation is deadlocked between the Lords and Commons, which rejected all 10…

Passage of the Rwanda bill now looks set to be delayed until after Easter — as per our story last Friday 👇

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Fourth consecutive defeat for the government on the Rwanda bill in the Lords - but a slimmer majority of 30.

This time on an amendment by Baroness Chakrabarti that removes a key clause declaring Rwanda a 'safe country' in the decision of individual asylum claims.