to do the right we are prepared to do the right things for the country, even if it is not the easy way out, that is how you deliver real change and because of that, we control borrowing and welfare and control inflation, we were able to cut taxes and to put in context, someone on an average salary of £35,000, a tax cut worth £450 that kicked in a couple of weeks ago so it's meaningful and as i said, we want to keep cutting people's taxes because we believe that people should be able to keep more of their own money and i want to make sure this is a country hard work is rewarded. i believe in those things, this is notjust about the extra pennies and pounds in your bank account at the end of the month, this is about values and my values are that this is a country hard work should be rewarded and thatis hard work should be rewarded and that is the kind of country i want to build on that is why we want to cut people's taxes and again, the choice is clear. stick with us, the plan is working, your tax is already cut and we will keep doing that, the

alternative is the labour party and keir starmer again cannot tell anybody how he plans to pay for his £28 billion green spending spree. cannot tell anyone. so what does that mean? it means taxes will go up. right? that is the choice at the next election, you stick with the plan delivering tax cuts, delivering financial security, a country where work is rewarded at the alternative is £28 billion in borrowing that the labour party cannot tell you how they paper and it means your taxes will go up. the choice is clear, back to square one on this issue of taxes. next, let's go to the sun newspaper.. back to the echr, you said you would be happy— back to the echr, you said you would be happy to— back to the echr, you said you would be happy to overall in some circumstances but many mps think when _ circumstances but many mps think when push — circumstances but many mps think when push comes to shove you won't be tough _ when push comes to shove you won't be tough enough to do it. can you put down — be tough enough to do it. can you put down some red lines where you

would _ put down some red lines where you would be _ put down some red lines where you would be willing to do that? i will no back to would be willing to do that? i will go back to what _ would be willing to do that? i will go back to what i _ would be willing to do that? i will go back to what i said _ would be willing to do that? iiffi ii go back to what i said before. would be willing to do that? iw ii go back to what i said before. i specifically put a clause in the bill that makes it clear that it is ministers who make that decision. i wouldn't have put that clause in the bill if i wasn't prepared to use it. there will always be individual circumstances, as even those who have debated this issue over the last couple of days, there will always be circumstances where it is right that fact are considered but ultimately it is for ministers to decide. i have been clear i won't be letting a foreign court stop us getting flights off because we believe with all the checks and processes we have put in place with this bill, we are acting in complete accordance with everything that is required of us. all of the safeguards we have got means we behave properly, carefully. parliament will have spoken and made sure that it is parliament's will as well once this bill has passed it. that is why i can say confidently that i will make sure i get this deterrent up and running. i wouldn't

have put this in if i wasn't prepared to use it. are there circumstances in which i would use it? of course there are because i want to make sure we resolve this issue and stop the boats. made good progress but we need to finish the job. right, next, the daily mail? when is the first flight to rwanda going _ when is the first flight to rwanda going to — when is the first flight to rwanda going to go? people are sick of empty— going to go? people are sick of empty promises on this. you have said before — empty promises on this. you have said before it is going to be easter. _ said before it is going to be easter. is_ said before it is going to be easter, is it still going to be a star_ easter, is it still going to be a star or— easter, is it still going to be a star or has _ easter, is it still going to be a star or has it slipped to the summer. _ star or has it slipped to the summer, can you even guarantee a summer, can you even guarantee a flight _ summer, can you even guarantee a flight will— summer, can you even guarantee a flight will go this year? what summer, can you even guarantee a flight will go this year?— flight will go this year? what i can tell ou is flight will go this year? what i can tell you is l _ flight will go this year? what i can tell you is i want _ flight will go this year? what i can tell you is i want to _ flight will go this year? what i can tell you is i want to see _ flight will go this year? what i can tell you is i want to see this - tell you is i want to see this happen as soon as practically possible. of course i do. that is why james and possible. of course i do. that is whyjames and michael and the team worked incredibly hard after we got the supreme courtjudgment in the middle of november two notjust sign a brand—new treaty with rwanda, negotiate and sign but introduce new legislation into parliament inhabit voted on before christmas. that happened in a matter of weeks. that

should give you a sense that we are not messing around here. we are also frustrated and fed up. i share the frustrations the british people have. i said i wanted to end this legal merry—go—round and get on with this at this point. we are working as fast and as quickly as they can. the question really is that the house of lords. that is the question, will the house of lords understand the country's frustration, see the will of the elected house and move as quickly as we needed to support this legislation so we can get it on the statute books and get flights up and running? as i said previously, we are already doing the operational work that is required to make sure we can get flights up. and, this is one part of a plan that is working, we are carrying on doing all the other thing is that a meaning we can get boat numbers down. working with other countries to smash crime gangs upstream. intercept boats and engines, make sure we strengthen our returns agreement, continue to find those working here illegally and return those. work through the

backlog so we can empty hotels. we announced and delivered on the first 50 hotel closures. 50 hotels return to local communities and more of thatis to local communities and more of that is coming. that is because we have doubled the number of caseworkers and tripled their productivity, so we cleared more asylum decisions faster than any time in the last 20 years. there are a lot of things that have happened here and the plan is working. we are making progress and that is why it's so important we stick to this plan because it will deliver what the british people want, which is proper security for them and their families and our country. as i said, this is and our country. as i said, this is a question for the house of lords to pass this as quickly as possible. we are doing everything we can to work as quickly as possible and we will be ready to go. the guardian. thank you. 32% of those whose asylum claim was _ thank you. 32% of those whose asylum claim was withdrawn as he disappeared. we hear a lot about you being _ disappeared. we hear a lot about you being a _ disappeared. we hear a lot about you being a details man so how do you expect— being a details man so how do you expect to —

being a details man so how do you expect to find them and are you concerned — expect to find them and are you concerned that the iraq bill might lead to— concerned that the iraq bill might lead to thousands more disappearing in the _ lead to thousands more disappearing in the uk? _ lead to thousands more disappearing in the uk? i�*m lead to thousands more disappearing in the uk? �* ., , ., , , in the uk? i'm not sure what numbers ou are in the uk? i'm not sure what numbers you are referring _ in the uk? i'm not sure what numbers you are referring to. _ in the uk? i'm not sure what numbers you are referring to. i _ in the uk? i'm not sure what numbers you are referring to. i did _ in the uk? i'm not sure what numbers you are referring to. i did see - in the uk? i'm not sure what numbers you are referring to. i did see some i you are referring to. i did see some yesterday. the you are referring to. i did see some esterda . ., ~ , ., , ,, . yesterday. the home affairs select committee after... _ yesterday. the home affairs select committee after... the _ yesterday. the home affairs select committee after... the vast - yesterday. the home affairs select i committee after... the vast majority committee after... the vast ma'ority of --eole committee after... the vast ma'ority of people in — committee after... the vast ma'ority of people in that i committee after... the vast ma'ority of people in that cohort * committee after... the vast ma'ority of people in that cohort offi committee after... the vast majority of people in that cohort of 17,000 i of people in that cohort of 17,000 have i are either already been removed are in the process of moving will have made another claim. that is what is going on there. more generally, because i have been some comment about this, it is the right thing that once someone's asylum claim has been denied, they should be withdrawn from the process. they should not have access to public support, public funds and if they are then at that point not reporting back to the home office as they are meant to then immigration enforcement should do absolutely everything they can to identify these people, detain them and send them back. that is what we have done last year. so we had a 70% increase

in illegal immigration enforcement raids, thousands of arrests and we returned over 20,000 people. i think thatis returned over 20,000 people. i think that is what the british people would expect us to do. when people are in the process and ultimately their claim is denied, very quickly people would expect us to be able to identify them, find them and where we can, return them. that is exactly what we are doing. that is the right thing to do. but again, it doesn't happen by accident, it is because we have a plan. we put that plan in place and worked hard to deliver it and that plan is working. we will continue to do that this year. rwanda is important but all of these other things are important as well and we are delivering across the board. that is the progress that would be unwound, that is the choice that the election, all the things that the election, all the things that we are doing that are delivering progress, we would go back to square one because the labour party does not have a plan on any of these issues and that is why there is a clear choice when the time comes. next we go to the

express. time comes. next we go to the exress. . ., time comes. next we go to the exress. ., ,, i. time comes. next we go to the exress. ., ,, . ., ., express. thank you. what are the consequences _ express. thank you. what are the consequences for _ express. thank you. what are the consequences for the _ express. thank you. what are the consequences for the rebels - express. thank you. what are the consequences for the rebels in i express. thank you. what are the i consequences for the rebels in your party— consequences for the rebels in your party if— consequences for the rebels in your party if they don't lose the whip, why not? — party if they don't lose the whip, why not? can they rebel without any consequences? i why not? can they rebel without any consequences?— why not? can they rebel without any consequences? i think on this issue, the conservative _ consequences? i think on this issue, the conservative party _ consequences? i think on this issue, the conservative party last - consequences? i think on this issue, the conservative party last night - the conservative party last night was united in wanting to stop the boats and you saw that very clearly. it is right that we debate this and thatis it is right that we debate this and that is because people are frustrated and passionate about this issue. because the country is frustrated and exercised about this issue and they want it fixed. so it issue and they want it fixed. so it is understandable that people have got strong opinions. it is understandable that they want to do everything necessary to solve this issue. i share that frustration and i share that energy and that is why we are doing everything that we can. last night, the conservative party came together and it is absolutely united in wanting to stop the boats. the contrast could not be clearer because the labour party to a person opposed this legislation. the question and the focus now has got to be on our plan, which is already

delivering. we are already making progress, with the numbers down last year by over a third, or what the labour party is saying, where there is absolutely no plan, would take us back to square one. i don't believe keir starmer wants to resolve this issue. when he was asked if he would stick with the rwanda scheme even when it was up and running and working, he said he would still scrap it. that tells you what you need to know. this is someone who says he is interested in smashing the gangs but the question i still haven't had an answer to is why then does the labour party vote against the powers in our previous act which have allowed us to a 873 criminals and people smugglers who have now been sentenced to over 350 years in jail? those are new powers that we passed to smash the gangs that are leading to people being taken off the streets and put in jail, which will contribute to a deterrent effect but the labour party voted against that. so keir starmer will say one thing and do another thing.

that is symptomatic of his overall approach to leadership. this is an election year and the choice of that election year and the choice of that election is going to be clear. we have got a plan, that plan is working. if we stick with it, we can deliver a brighter future for the country, renew pride in our country and the alternative is that we go back to square one because he can't tell you what he is going to do because he doesn't have a plan. i've got time for one last one? lbc? natasha clark, lbc. rwanda has said they are _ natasha clark, lbc. rwanda has said they are willing to pay back some of they are willing to pay back some of the nroney— they are willing to pay back some of the money that we gave them if no one has— the money that we gave them if no one has flown there. can you promise you will— one has flown there. can you promise you will fight — one has flown there. can you promise you will fight to get every penny of taxoayers — you will fight to get every penny of taxpayers money back if no flights io taxpayers money back if no flights go off— taxpayers money back if no flights go off to _ taxpayers money back if no flights go off to rwanda? | taxpayers money back if no flights go off to rwanda?— go off to rwanda? i am fighting eve da go off to rwanda? i am fighting every day to — go off to rwanda? i am fighting every day to get _ go off to rwanda? i am fighting every day to get the _ go off to rwanda? i am fighting every day to get the flights - go off to rwanda? i am fighting every day to get the flights offl go off to rwanda? i am fighting. every day to get the flights off to rwanda. that is what james is doing, thatis rwanda. that is what james is doing, that is what i am doing because we want to stop the boats. we have made good progress, the plan is working. the numbers are down by over a third last yearfor the numbers are down by over a third last year for the first ever time. that shows you that the plan is working. but every stick with the plan, we can get this done. we need

an effective working deterrent, that is what the rwanda scheme delivers. that is notjust my view but the view of many eminent lawyers, former supreme courtjudges, all of whom have said our plan will work. the question now is for the labour party in the house of lords, will they support this bill so we can get it on the statute book as quickly as possible so that we can start the flight? that is what we need to do, thatis flight? that is what we need to do, that is how we are going to stop the boats. thank you very much. thank you much. so that was prime minister rishi sunak they're holding a press conference, mainly about what we heard yesterday and what took place yesterday, that vote on his rwanda bill. it did of course passed through the commons. just to summarise what of he said. really stressing this bill had to be passed tjy stressing this bill had to be passed by the house of lords, again underscoring his plan that spring was his deadline to see the first

planes heading, taking off and heading to rwanda. he was also asked about the involvement of the european court of human rights and part of the bill, the rwanda bill, includes a clause, rule 39, we will discuss it in a moment, saying he would not have put it in if he was not prepared to use it and carry it through in some circumstances. we well find out the relevance of that shortly, as we speak to our correspondence tos, my colleagues who have joined correspondence tos, my colleagues who havejoined me here. hannah, we come to you first come alive from westminster, hannah miller. just take us through what we learned about in this press conference first off. i about in this press conference first off. ., , about in this press conference first off. ~' , ., , about in this press conference first off. ~ , ._ about in this press conference first off. ,, , ., off. i think this was clearly an a- eal off. i think this was clearly an appeal by _ off. i think this was clearly an appeal by rishi _ off. i think this was clearly an appeal by rishi sunak- off. i think this was clearly an appeal by rishi sunak to - off. i think this was clearly an appeal by rishi sunak to the l off. i think this was clearly an - appeal by rishi sunak to the house of lords to get on with passing this bill as soon as possible. there was

some politics in there as well, for sure, in terms of speaking to the nation and trying to paint the labour party as a party that also wanted to frustrate his plans. but i think the main issue for rishi sunak is now what happens in the house of lords. we know that there is some unhappiness among certain peers about whether or not this bill is compliant with international law and rishi sunak knows that there will be conversations going on around that. we have heard this morning from one crossbench peer saying that the lords doesn't want to thwart the government but that there are concerns about what is in there. you heard a number of questions they're being asked to rishi sunak about exactly when flights will get off the ground, can he guarantee that flights will get off the ground and he slightly swerved that. but the answer is, he cannot guarantee that they will get off the ground

necessarily before a general election because it is not completely in his hands. he clearly wants that to happen, it is true to say, as he pointed out, that the government has moved very quickly since the supreme court ruled in november that the previous plan on this was unlawful. so there is clearly an intention to get this through. the government wants to be seen to be delivering on this but the timescale is still uncertain around this because it does depend what happens in the house of lords and how the other lobby groups and things, what they seek to do as well. 0bviously well. obviously we also heard comments from the president of rwanda. their messaging there seems to have changed. yesterday at davos, he did say that if we don't get any planes orany say that if we don't get any planes or any asylum seekers, we will return the uk's money. what is the rwandan government's position today?

their position from the rwanda government spokesperson is there rwandan government doesn't have an obligation as such to return the money if asylum seekers, if no asylum seekers end up going to rwanda but it is something that they would consider. so far, the government has sent around £240 million to the rwandan government and no asylum seekers have gone there at all. so clearly, and rishi sunak when asked about that, he sort of didn't really engage with that question because his priority is to make sure asylum seekers do end up going to rwanda. so i think that issueis going to rwanda. so i think that issue is clearly one, exactly what would happen with the money remains, again, and clear. but the government at their side of things is not necessarily going to engage with it because they just want to be seen necessarily going to engage with it because theyjust want to be seen to have the policy that is delivering. to remind our viewers, the british government has paid 240 million to

the rwandan government, another 50 million to come their way. let's just go back to some of the wording of the bill and we heard a lot about rule or clause 39, tell us more about that. rule or clause 39, tell us more about that-— rule or clause 39, tell us more about that. , ., , ., about that. rule 39 is, relates to the european _ about that. rule 39 is, relates to the european court _ about that. rule 39 is, relates to the european court of _ about that. rule 39 is, relates to the european court of human - about that. rule 39 is, relates to i the european court of human rights and the previously, on a previous version of this policy, it has been used to stop flights from getting off the ground right at the very last minute. it is kind of an injunction that the court can make. rishi sunak is saying and the reason he is answering questions about this is he is saying that even if the european court of human rights were to try to stop flights from getting off the ground at the last minute, he is willing to overrule that decision and he is willing for ministers to take the decision that the flight goes anyway. that is clearly controversial among those who believe in the privacy of international law around these

things and the european court of human rights but it is something that rishi sunak�*s backbenchers, many of them who are unsure about this bill, that they wanted to know that it would... for them it is an issue of whether or not this actually works, whether or not the flights do finally get off the ground, so rishi sunak is sort of saying he is willing to overrule the european court of human rights in that way is significant. but there is a fear among some of the rebels or perhaps other people might say it is a good thing, people are concerned about whether rishi sunak would be reluctant to actually use that power to overrule an international court. i think his language today is clearly saying, i wouldn't have said i would do this if i wasn't prepared to do this but until it gets to that point, we won't know for certain. he until it gets to that point, we won't know for certain. he has got multile won't know for certain. he has got multiple challenges, _ won't know for certain. he has got multiple challenges, hasn't - won't know for certain. he has got multiple challenges, hasn't he? i won't know for certain. he has got i multiple challenges, hasn't he? the house of lords, he doesn't have the majority there. he could potentially

have challenges here in the uk and also civil servants. certainly the unions representing civil servants are not happy and they have already been saying that we don't expect our members to be forced to break the law. just take us through what is going to happen next and is there any, you have spoken about spring and how long this could take in terms of timelines, it has taken a while to get through the house of commons, hasn't it, what can we expect next? i commons, hasn't it, what can we expect next?— expect next? i think in terms of timescales. _ expect next? i think in terms of timescales, the _ expect next? i think in terms of timescales, the government i expect next? i think in terms of timescales, the government is| timescales, the government is clearly still insisting, and i think it is significant they are still trying to stick to this spring timetable and things have changed they'd never get me since november, when the supreme court ruled the previous policy unlawful, to get to this point by january. previous policy unlawful, to get to this point byjanuary. things have moved quite rapidly. as you say, there are still a number of challenges ahead. i think in rishi sunak�*s ideal world, what would happen is the house of lords, he

would prefer them not to make any changes. i think frankly it is likely in the language we are hearing is that they will try to make some changes, but the idea that this would end up on the statute bookin this would end up on the statute book in the uk sort of perhaps towards the end of march might be something that the government is working towards. i think realistically, he had spoken about any election in the second half of this year. there is talk about that happening perhaps around november. he is still not committing necessarily to flights going off even before that november date. that is because there are so many unknowns and it is still within the process. he would certainly hope it can be done and it is possible, but there are also a number of hurdles along the way that may mean that flights never do get off the ground to rwanda. �* p, flights never do get off the ground to rwanda. . . ~ ., ., ~ flights never do get off the ground to rwanda. . . ~ ., ., ,, i. to rwanda. anna millar, thank you ve much to rwanda. anna millar, thank you very much indeed, _ to rwanda. anna millar, thank you very much indeed, thank— to rwanda. anna millar, thank you very much indeed, thank you. i to rwanda. anna millar, thank you i very much indeed, thank you. joining with me, we will stick with this

subject. live now to katy balls, the political editor of the spectator. what was your reading of what the prime minister was saying earlier? i think a very political press conference which might sound silly in a sense, it's a politician speaking, but a lot of it was trying to take the fight to labour. also pass responsibility on for any delays to the house of lords and therefore i think it back to one of therefore i think it back to one of the driving forces behind this bill in the first place, which was meant to be to cause problems for the opposition and to unite the tories. 0f opposition and to unite the tories. of course, what happened is the tories have been pretty divided on the legislation. we have seen that this week, we saw itjust before christmas, but now it has passed third reading i think there is an effort to get back to that and say it is now on the peers and also to try and say labour don't have a plan and so forth. i think in an election year, it was ultimately trying to

set out these battle he did bring up sir keir starmer and the labour party throughout that, reminding everyone that the alternative puts labour and labour don't have a plan. what has sir keir starmer said on this matter?— what has sir keir starmer said on this matter? ,, ., ., , ., this matter? keir starmer has said a number of things. _ this matter? keir starmer has said a number of things. he _ this matter? keir starmer has said a number of things. he has _ this matter? keir starmer has said a number of things. he has talked i number of things. he has talked about how he wants to do is crackdown on people smuggling gangs. there was some talk at some point about returns agreements, that went about returns agreements, that went a little cold after tories used figures that labour disputed to say this means he will have to take this many people. also, keir starmer has not completely ruled out offshore... he said he would do it in a different way to the tories and it would be more about where you process the claims as opposed to trying to send people to somewhere like rwanda to stay there. therefore, i think there are parts of it... i do think thatjust as rishi sunak has problems with his policy, while rishi sunak�*s policy is not working, its quite easy for keir starmer not to be pinned down

in every detail of the plan because they can say, the tories haven't delivered, here are some things we could do. but clearly it is a very knotty issue and i think right now it is clear to say neither main party has a completely clear problem free option of what they are going to do to stop it. fin free option of what they are going to do to stop it.— to do to stop it. on the sub'ect of deliverin: to do to stop it. on the sub'ect of delivering and i to do to stop it. on the sub'ect of delivering and problems i to do to stop it. on the sub'ect of delivering and problems in i to do to stop it. on the subject of| delivering and problems in policy, when this issue did come up, albania, again, was brought up time and time again as the prime minister's case study. for those that are watching, what can you tell us about the government's policy on albania because he is hailing as a great success?— albania because he is hailing as a treat success? , ., , _, ., great success? this does come down to returns agreement, _ great success? this does come down to returns agreement, which - great success? this does come down to returns agreement, which is i to returns agreement, which is ultimately an agreement rishi sunak, the government made with the albanian government which means there is a very fast return when albanians come to the uk illegally. that is probably the best stat rishi sunak has that talks to progress. it is the main reason he can say, look, in much of the countries in europe the numbers are going up, our numbers are going down. we have not

stopped the boats but they are down on the year before and that's largely because of the albania agreement. the slight problem for him is you do have his former immigration minister robertjenrick who quit, he queried this and said we are putting too much store in the albania returns agreement. but i think it is an example of where if you can get these agreements with other governments, that is away i think both keir starmer and rishi sunak see as one of the easiest ways to start seeing quicker results. fin to start seeing quicker results. on the to start seeing quicker results. 0n the prime minister himself, he was also asked about whether the party was united or divided. 0bviously also asked about whether the party was united or divided. obviously we are going into an election year. what did this do in terms of his standing? i what did this do in terms of his standin: ? ., what did this do in terms of his standin: ? ,, ., , , what did this do in terms of his standin: ? ,, . , , ., standing? i think it has been a difficult week— standing? i think it has been a difficult week for _ standing? i think it has been a difficult week for rishi - standing? i think it has been a difficult week for rishi sunak. | standing? i think it has been a i difficult week for rishi sunak. as withjust difficult week for rishi sunak. as with just before christmas on second reading, the week has started off worse and ended up a bit betterfor him, in the sense you have had lots of talk of rebels and how they will march up the hill and take this drastic action. actually, the

rebellion was pretty small. 0nly drastic action. actually, the rebellion was pretty small. only 11 tory mps voting against. they said they looked into the voting lobby with labour and thought, why am i doing that when i am in the tory party? but i think even though they can say we quelled the rebellion, i think tim lots of people have been following the news, it's a story of the tories being at war with one another for most of the week. that is of course damaging. hope another for most of the week. that is of course damaging.— is of course damaging. how is it that this rebellion _ is of course damaging. how is it that this rebellion that - is of course damaging. how is it that this rebellion that so i is of course damaging. how is it that this rebellion that so many| is of course damaging. how is it l that this rebellion that so many of us were waiting to witness didn't materialise? i us were waiting to witness didn't materialise?— us were waiting to witness didn't materialise? ~' ., ., materialise? i think there are a few cuestions materialise? i think there are a few questions on _ materialise? i think there are a few questions on that. _ materialise? i think there are a few questions on that. i _ materialise? i think there are a few questions on that. i think— materialise? i think there are a few questions on that. i think it - materialise? i think there are a few questions on that. i think it was i questions on that. i think it was always a different thing to vote for an amendment, amendments to change the bill, to toughen it up when it comes to where you could ignore parts of human rights law and so forth. those numbers were quite high forth. those numbers were quite high for a tory rebellion, around 60. to actually vote down a bell and unite

with labour, you can say isjust actually vote down a bell and unite with labour, you can say is just a piece of legislation but it would have potentially raised some serious questions about the future of rishi sunak, about his premiership and how long he could stay at number 10. it would be quite a damning indictment on him. so lots of mps got very close and walked back. i think it also shows the european research group, that were used to talk about the brexit era of theresa may, as a force, a group of spartans who could oppose of leaders, they are no longer the force they used to be when it comes to this current parliamentary party.- when it comes to this current parliamenta -a ._, . .,, , a, parliamentary party. jacob rees-mogg also ave a parliamentary party. jacob rees-mogg also gave a rallying _ parliamentary party. jacob rees-mogg also gave a rallying speech _ also gave a rallying speech yesterday which is said to have helped, what did he say? i yesterday which is said to have helped, what did he say? i think he was talkin: helped, what did he say? i think he was talking about _ helped, what did he say? i think he was talking about effectively, i helped, what did he say? i think he was talking about effectively, is i helped, what did he say? i think he was talking about effectively, is it i was talking about effectively, is it better to have a bill and something that could work that no bill at all? trying to improve things. that is something you have heard from quite a few of the tory rebels who chose to abstain or chose to vote for the government in the end, which is they might have a few policy disagreements but it is different say make one or two changes, please

come and saying i want to completely get rid of the one thing we think we can maybe say on stopping the boats. for rishi sunak, probably the next problem comes notjust in terms of whether it gets through the lords but if it does and it gets law, and he still can't get a flight to rhinelander, i think the number of rebels would grow substantially. plenty more to come. thank you very much indeed. katy balls of the spectator. all of those details on the politics on the bbc news website is that we will catch up on the weather now with carol. hello again. we started with a bitterly cold morning, leading us into another bitterly cold day and really through today and tomorrow, it's going to remain cold. there'll be further snow showers, especially so in the north of the country with some blizzards and drifting. into the weekend, it turns much milder than it has been, but it's going to be wet and windy. so the met office amber weather warning still in force for the far north of scotland and the northern isles.

we could see a further 5 to 15 centimetres of snow, with blizzards and drifting. 5 to 10 centimetres coming out of some of the snow showers in northern ireland and a few wintry showers across the irish sea and the north sea coastline, making it inland at times. but despite the fact most of us will have a dry day with some sunshine, it's still going to feel cold. as we head through the latter part of the afternoon and into the evening and overnight, further snow showers across the isle of man into north—west england, wales, cheshire, possibly even as far south as the midlands. but the showers, not all of us will see them, and we'll have more snow showers coming in across scotland. but the wind is going to change direction to more of a westerly. so it's not going to be as cold along the coasts. you can see the greens here move inland. we're looking at another widespread frost and another cold night. so tomorrow, we start off with a lot of dry and sunny conditions. initially, the snow will be at low levels in scotland, but through the day it will rise into the hills above about 400 metres or so and quite a brisk wind, as well.

temperatures, i in lerwick to a high of 6 as we push down towards the south of england and wales. so temperatures are going to be higher than they have been, but it will still feel cold. and then as we head on into the weekend the weather changes, we start to have more of an atlantic influence, with strong winds, gales, even severe gales at times and weather fronts bringing in some rain. so this is the picture on saturday. the rain coming in from the west pushing generally eastwards. we're also looking at drier conditions, brighter conditions in the far south—east. but it is going to be a windy day wherever you are. but note the temperatures, 6 to 9 degrees. it's been quite a while since we've seen temperatures at that level. and if anything, as we head on into sunday and monday, temperatures are going to continue to rise. but on sunday, we're looking at more rain, some heavy rain and also strong winds with some melting snow, too, which could lead to some local flooding.

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