and rishi sunak alongside. about an expansionist russia.— conversation, worries about an expansionist russia. rishi sunak has said that ukraine _ expansionist russia. rishi sunak has said that ukraine is _ expansionist russia. rishi sunak has said that ukraine is looking - expansionist russia. rishi sunak has said that ukraine is looking at - expansionist russia. rishi sunak has said that ukraine is looking at a - said that ukraine is looking at a difficult summer and of course poland shares a border with ukraine so this is very much an issue that is of huge importance to the region. that is why rishi sunak has potentially chosen to make this announcement there, to tie in with that visit, and we also understand he has offered an raf squadron to police the skies above poland as well. this is to do with helping the regional stability and offering support. regional stability and offering su ort. ~ . regional stability and offering su ort, . ., ., support. while we wait for the prime minister to arrive, _ support.

— question the direction of rishi sunak. lt— question the direction of rishi sunak. ., ., ,., sunak.got to the point of say getting close to 52 letter| of say getting close to 52 letter springs sent to sir graham brady would rishi sunak would you say say salt you, backbenchers, i'm going to go to the country now? i’m salt you, backbenchers, i'm going to go to the country now?— go to the country now? i'm not sure it would get — go to the country now? i'm not sure it would get to — go to the country now? i'm not sure it would get to 52. _ go to the country now? i'm not sure it would get to 52. i _ go to the country now? i'm not sure it would get to 52. i think— go to the country now? i'm not sure it would get to 52. i think it - go to the country now? i'm not sure it would get to 52. i think it is - it would get to 52. i think it is one _ it would get to 52. i think it is one conceivable _ it would get to 52. i think it is one conceivable likely- it would get to 52. i think it isl one conceivable likely scenario it would get to 52. i think it is - one conceivable likely scenario for hi

_ books and it's happening —— rishi sunak but — books and it's happening —— rishi sunak.ut you will have the right saying it's — sunak. but you will have the right saying it's not good enough because, tojames's_ saying it's not good enough because, to james's point, if there are any more _ tojames's point, if there are any more legat— to james's point, if there are any more legal challenges, it will not be enough for the right of british politics. — be enough for the right of british politics, they will say no, no, the next _ politics, they will say no, no, the next thing — politics, they will say no, no, the next thing you have to do is commit to leaving _ next thing you have to do is commit to leaving the european court of human — to leaving the european court of human rights. rishi sunak is not in that piece _ human rights. rishi sunak is not in that place yet, there is a big divisiohs_ that place yet, there is a big divisions within the tory party about— divisions within the tory party about this point i've spoken to tory mps about this point i've spoken to tory mp5 h

mr sunak?in our studio now by our political edhon studio now by our political editor, christopher hope. chris, welcome to the studio. and it's not often i say this, chris, but show us your medals. >> are you sure? martin i wasn't going to bring it up, but of course it's in my pocket. >> i did run the london marathon, yesterday. there it is. >> that's chris as london marathon medal. yeah, it's all, it's all it's all solid. >> yeah, yeah. no and george yesterday was a amazing moment. gb news viewers also were very generous raising about a couple of thousand quid over the weekend. yeah. when i was on talking about it with my two older children, barnaby and sapphire, we raised for money scope. yeah. so it's a great thing. >> and you're still just about hobbung >> and you're still just about hobbling along a bit like rishi sunak. yes. so let's get on the rwanda plan 10 to 12 weeks. you had that bet, of course, famously a single pint of beer looks like you. looks like you'd be a safe. looks like you'

sunak? borisjohnson called sunak�*s plan for the ban absolutely nuts and mad. will it prove to be a hollow victory for the prime minister, with his authority on the line yet again? we'll be joined by two conservative mps — craig whitaker who voted against and caroline johnson who backed her boss. and judging the political fallout will be rosa prince from politico and from the sunday telegraph, camilla turner. also tonight the post office inquiry reveals yet another failing by senior management. we've been speaking to the post office minister kevin holingrake. of course conversations are going on with fujitsu. when we get the final compensation bill and the extent of their culpability that is the time to denigrate what proportion of that compensation bill they should pay. and an extraordinary insight into the workings of the iranian regime. a former senior british diplomat speaks for the first time about the day he was attacked by the revolutionary guard. i was being dragged from one detentio

you are right, rishi sunak had a hone call? you are right, rishi sunak had a phone call— call? had a phone call a couple of— call? you are right, rishi sunak had a phone call a couple of nights - call? you are right, rishi sunak had a phone call a couple of nights ago | a phone call a couple of nights ago and we got — a phone call a couple of nights ago and we got a readout from that. it's obviously— and we got a readout from that. it's obviously not a transcript, is what number— obviously not a transcript, is what number ten obviously not a transcript, is what numberten say was obviously not a transcript, is what number ten say was said. but worth saving _ number ten say was said. but worth saying that — number ten say was said. but worth saying that the readout from that was unusually blunt in the language that was— was unusually blunt in the language that was used. rishi sunak told benjamin — that was used. rishi sunak told benjamin netanyahu that he was appalled by what it happened and he urged _ appalled by what it happened and he urged benjamin netanyahu to increase aid g

i minister rishi sunak and this is bbc news. . , minister rishi sunak and this is bbc news. .,, , .,,r trade has doubled _ news. i was pleased to note that our trade has doubled over— news. i was pleased to note that our trade has doubled over the _ news. i was pleased to note that our trade has doubled over the last - news. i was pleased to note that our trade has doubled over the last few. trade has doubled over the last few years, reaching out £30 billion. uk firms are investing a lot in poland and in defence and health care, infrastructure and, again, today, we talked about deepening our energy partnership and i am glad that we have tripled uk export finance, support for polish companies to buy goods and services from the uk from 5 billion to £15 billion of financial support. that's the most generous offer we have made to any partner, and again, is demonstration of our close cooperation. and as you said, we are also working together to tackle illegal migration which pruden and lukashenko have sought to weapon eyes, and that is why we sent our royal engineers here last year to help

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she is a close ally of rishi sunak, is a close ally of rishi sunak, is a close ally of rishi sunak, isnak and it did feel as though she was sort of testing the water to see if there was an appetite, both in the country at large and in the conservative parliamentary party for britain leaving the echr. i mean, we're certainly not there yet . i don't certainly not there yet. i don't think we should be expecting rishi sunak to be coming out and suggesting that britain leaves the time and the echr any time soon, and suella has said former suella braverman has said former home secretary, who personally always that she would like always said that she would like to leave the echr. she said that she has spoken to rishi sunak on numerous occasions about this. she has spoken to rishi sunak on nu|you»us occasions about this. she has spoken to rishi sunak on nu|you would asions about this. she has spoken to rishi sunak on nu|you would expectabout this. she has spoken to rishi sunak on nu|you would expect ,)out this. she has spoken to rishi sunak on nu|you would expect, and this. she has spoken to r

this question, right, over whether rishi sunak has retained... a way that his predecessors didn't have — although they ended up with snap elections — the ability to choose when the election... correct. ..because they repealed the fixed—term parliament act. but here's the thing about here's the date. i'm deliberately interrupting you because i know you both know more about this. but if he went injune, he could be faced with going on thursday, june 6th, which is the 80th anniversary of d—day. do we seriously think that a british prime minister will call a general election on june 6th? i don't know, paddy. i don't know. but can i blame you if he does? lots of people blame me for absolutely everything, so that's fine. there's no reason it couldn't be any of the other thursdays injune, or any of the thursdays in july. i mean, i think it won't be august or september, there's my definitive prediction. but is there, though? i mean, there's a genuine question. george osborne has been talking about this. he's been saying he thinks all of this speculation i

just how damaging could disobey for rishi sunak? it is . disobey for rishi sunak?ection year. == disobey for rishi sunak? it is election year.— disobey for rishi sunak? it is election year. disobey for rishi sunak? it is election ear. , , election year. -- could this be. i think it is _ election year. -- could this be. i think it is embarrassing - election year. -- could this be. i think it is embarrassing for- election year. -- could this be. i think it is embarrassing for rishi sunak that he has another conservative mp that is now having to sit as an independent until the next general election. you will be joining some of his colleagues in that respect. he is also deciding that respect. he is also deciding that he will stand down at a general election later that year, but not to resign with immediate effect. so, equally, although there is embarrassing for rishi sunak, he has been spared the prospect of a by—election, but you would have to have at it mark menzies said he was gone. what has been happening in recent by—elections as i conservative mps with rather lar

might confidence in rishi sunak.might the prime minister decide that his position is untenable anyway? there are certainly a few cabinet ministers penny mordaunt probably grant shapps two among them, who would be ready to jump into his shoes, and a couple of them seem to be trying to garner some support among the backbenchers even now. >> yes, i yeah, i was in parliament last week and, penny mordaunt, shall we say, was doing the rounds , that's an doing the rounds, that's an interesting one, isn't it. but olivia, i wonder then the prime minister, is he going to do a john major and turn around and say, put up or shut up? because ireland have said that actually rwanda is working because they're saying that actually migrants that have arrived here are now are ending up in ireland . so he can turn to conservative party politicians and say , look, party politicians and say, look, i'm delivering . i'm delivering. >> well, i think he might well do that. and actually, this week has been an unusually good week for rishi sunak

add rishi sunak at the weekend.oke by telephone to benjamin netanyahu on a call that was delayed for 24 hours yesterday. israeli media was reporting that mr netanyahu was refusing to take calls from world leaders seeking to influence his country's response. a downing street spokesperson said mr sunak reaffirmed the uk's support for israel's security and stability. meanwhile, the governments rwanda plan has been deau governments rwanda plan has been dealt a series of defeats once again by peers in the house of lords tonight, further delaying passage of the government's flagship policy through parliament. despite mps in the commons

the rishi sunak. to stand up and address the nation on the escalating situation between israel and iran in the middle east. lord david cameron said the attack was a failure, urging israel to think with its head as well as its heart. joe biden advising israel to take the win. we're expecting rishi sunak to stand up shortly, followed by the leader of the opposition , sir keir starmer. opposition, sir keir starmer. that's all coming up. don't go anywhere. and let's cross. now live to the house of commons, where rishi sunakis house of commons, where rishi sunak is making a statement following iran's drone and missile attack on israel. mr speaken missile attack on israel. mr speaker, on saturday evening, iran sought to plunge the middle east into a new crisis . east into a new crisis. >> they launched a barrage of missiles and attack drones over iraq and jordan and towards israel . the scale of the attack israel. the scale of the attack and the fact that it was targeted directly at israel are without prece

it that rishi sunak donated his plans. it shifted _ that rishi sunak donated his plans.t that. but it hasn't shifted the polls. doesn't look like it was a genius idea at the time? that is a cunning bit of political fancy footwork, possibly. i think they were in complete shock they had won this by—election because they were astonished and they thought here is a great opportunity, but as laura says, fundamentally it hasn't shifted the dialogue nationally. what fundamentally it hasn't shifted the dialogue nationally.— dialogue nationally. what about labour on climate? _ dialogue nationally. what about labour on climate? they - dialogue nationally. what about labour on climate? they are . labour on climate? they are promising clean energy by 2030, which to a lot of people might sound like a good thing on the tin. the shadowjustice secretary emitted this morning they will have to have reserves of gas, which they don't like saying so much, it doesn't fit in with the slogan. but the question to them has always been for the last couple of months, how do you pay for this big expe

i can see rishi sunak sitting down on the benches so j sunak sitting down on the benches so i don't thinkaway from the prime minister standing up and giving that statement. we will get a labour of response as well. there has been questions asked about whether there will be a vote given the elongated nature of this conflict, the escalating nature of the conflict and the uk's involvement. what is the government's position on that? the liberal government's position on that? iia: liberal democrats government's position on that? "iie: liberal democrats calling government's position on that? iie: liberal democrats calling for government's position on that? i“i;a: liberal democrats calling for a retrospective vote on the military action that the raf was involved in over the weekend. the government's position is that it doesn't need a vote, that it has the prerogative power to launch without parliament's approval. a statement but no vote. it's worth saying that the liberal democrat thought there should be a vote on principle but would support military action anyway. it's interesting because polit

rishi sunak etheridge, bill. rishi sunak talking tough ish. should we believe him?no. >> no. >> absolutely not, it's an election year. >> every election year, the tories start saying things that they think people want to hear. it's been going on now for 14 years. every election , they years. every election, they suddenly become very conservative, very right wing. >> it's absolute rubbish. >> it's absolute rubbish. >> he has no intention whatsoever of leaving the echr, which we should have left incidentally years ago. >> and the whole rwanda scheme is nothing but a great big gimmick to try and look tough. if he really wanted to stop the boats, he should be taking action in the channel not spending millions on legal cases and flying people to deepest africa. for some bizarre reason, when they've come from france. >> but bill clearly what the prime minister says here is that last year arrivals were down by a third. why was that? mainly because of a deal with albania whereby we could send people back to albania. the albanians stopped coming . they went from stopped comi

i'm reveal who tory mps want to replace rishi sunak . next. replace rishi sunak.just after 10:00 from the gb newsroom. arsenal's champions league game against bayern munich at the emirates stadium has wrapped up tonight without incident. that's despite terror threat made by despite a terror threat made by islamic state earlier on. today. the metropolitan police earlier assured the public it had a robust policing plan in place for that game in london tonight. man city have also wrapped up their game away game that is, with real madrid, european football governing body has insisted all of this week's champions league quarter finals will go ahead as planned. despite that terror threat by is . in other news today, a 20 year old man has been released on bail pending further enquiries by police investigating the discovery of a human torso wrapped in plastic in woodland in manchester. greater manchester police had arrested the man on suspicion of murder at the weekend after the discovery at a salford nature reserve, a major incident team of detectives and specialist unit

no, he is almost a rishi sunak. his view of himself is he is i sunak. view of himself is he is a good _ sunak. his view of himself is he is a good guy — sunak. his view of himself is he is a good guy. he is probably a good luy a good guy. he is probably a good guy and _ a good guy. he is probably a good guy and he — a good guy. he is probably a good guy and he is the right man and he thinks _ guy and he is the right man and he thinks he _ guy and he is the right man and he thinks he can pull the levers of state _ thinks he can pull the levers of state better than other people. i don't _ state better than other people. i don't think he has a big vision for what _ don't think he has a big vision for what he — don't think he has a big vision for what he should do.— don't think he has a big vision for what he should do. thank you very much indeed- _ thank you very much indeed. so let's take a look at some of the front pages. the story we were talking about, the honey trap. i gave mp's numbers. william wragg says he handed over the details to colleagues to s

mr sunak said an legislation.sunak said an airfield is on standby and 150 judges are ready to deal with any legal cases quickly. his comments come ahead of a crunch vote tonight on the government's safety of rwanda bill. >> for almost two years, our opponents have used every trick in the book to block flights and keep the boats coming . but keep the boats coming. but enoughis keep the boats coming. but enough is enough. no more prevarication , no more delay. prevarication, no more delay. parliament will sit there tonight and vote. no matter how late it goes. no ifs, no buts. these flights are going to rwanda . we are going to deliver rwanda. we are going to deliver this indispensable deterrent. so that we finally break the business model of the criminal gangs and save lives. >> rishi sunak says met police chief sir mark rowley has his confidence , but he needs to confidence, but he needs to rebuild trust with the jewish community. the met police commissioner is meeting the mayor of london today amid calls for him

well, i'm very pleased say that rishi sunaks pleased to say that rishi sunaks official spokesman saidlearly these reports are extremely disturbing. even the prime minister of belgium, which is not a country i've always had great relations with, said what happened at the claridge? the name of the club today is unacceptable . notable yanis unacceptable. notable yanis varoufakis, the hard lefty who for a time was the finance minister in greece, has said i'm no political friend of nigel farage, but i would hate it if anyone like nigel was prevented from speaking merely because he may say things that may annoy among people . myself and among other people. myself and the prime minister of italy , the prime minister of italy, giorgia meloni has said what is happening in brussels leaves us in disbelief and dismay. so apart from apart from the nerdy, puritanical types that keir starmer wants to make our future, cabinet ministers across the board, across a wide political spectrum, what has happened today has met with absolute condemnation . and so it absolute condemnation. and so it should. let

he's been saying he thinks all of this speculation is destabilising for rishi sunak.is. ..we're talking about this rather than about whatever else. and is there a point at which the benefits of flexibility for rishi sunak come to be outweighed by the drawbacks of this kind of speculation? and i do wonder whether at some point, even if he doesn't call an early election, he might decide to say, "it's going to be on this thursday in october"... and it might be that after whatever unfolds in the local elections next week, that might be... although in a way, it seems completely crackers, it may be that somehow naming the date or at least allowing it to be known, or at the very least completely ruling out a summer election, might be one kind of action that rishi sunak perhaps even feels forced to do in the aftermath of what's likely to be a pretty grisly set of election results for the tories. so we'll see. and we have a round—up of your own scoop, for which congratulations and thanks, the prime minister's been there on sky — well done, sky — and we've previewed the local e

a busy da for the sunak asked about reminder. reminder. a busy day for the prime minister _ sunak asked about reminder. a busy day for the prime minister today. - day for the prime minister today. thank you for the moment. coming up in 15 minutes, we will focus on the rwanda bill and what it means. joining us will be a senior researcher at a think tank and our africa correspondent and they will be answering your questions live, so do get in touch with us using this hashtag. there is so much to talk about, so do bring your questions in, lots of clarification is needed. this is bbc news. 0nce once again, do keep your questions coming in and we will hopefully be answering them on the rwanda asylum bill which is in about 15 minutes. let's move to one of our other top stories today. this is the judge let's move to one of our other top stories today. this is thejudge in the criminal child of donald trump. they will hear arguments that the former president has breached an order which prevents him from attacking witnesses and jurors invo

operating below sunak. think sometimes maybe sunak.es of he's caught unawares by some of the things that the people who work doing. but work for him are doing. but william very closely william wragg was very closely associated chris associated with the chris pincher , which brought pincher sting, which brought down that's interesting, down okay, that's interesting, prime i have to prime minister, but i have to say, when i was writing the plot at one one interviewee after another kept saying to me, you need to include william wragg in this, and william rug is such an insignificant figure, and you could you want to find could if you want to find william wragg, look for him in the subsidised westminster bars or in the bar the carlton or in the bar of the carlton club, front of a camera club, or in front of a camera anywhere someone to anywhere calling for someone to resign. he's such an insignificant, quite unintelligent figure that most of what himself most he could say he's being sociable. >> well , when say he's being sociable. >> well

rishi sunak.ng questions from the travelling press pack and that's where he'll be doing now . where he'll be doing now. >> and, chris, there was a huge amount of praise there from the secretary—general of nato, jens stoltenberg, commending britain for its action in 2014, in crimea and of course , at the crimea and of course, at the beginning of the ukraine war. and nato is something which will no doubt come into view when , if no doubt come into view when, if there's a change of president in america in november, nato sees itself potentially as under threat. this. however, today, chris is a severe strengthening, a cementing of nato as a cohesive defensive force . cohesive defensive force. >> yes, certainly. if other countries follows through , the countries follows through, the uk is one of the first countries in nato to hit that 2% defence spending target of gdp , and now spending target of gdp, and now there are many as 11 of them. don't forget, we remember, don't we, how donald trump drove that

and i think sunak, rishi sunak will be there still after these local elections.e a pretty rocky time. >> fears for the economy raheem if water ferm collapses senior whitehall officials fear that thames water's financial collapse could trigger a rise in government borrowing. are you concerned about this? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i mean, it's interesting they're saying that it could be a larger increase than we saw after liz truss's mini—budget, which is again, a huge i mean, what's interesting about the fact that thames water has failed time and time again is that they are a private monopoly and this comes as a result of the difficulties that come with privatisation processes. it isn't privatisation itself, it's the fact that the government created a monopoly and then sold it to the private sector. so it remained a private monopoly and people don't have choice. this is very scary and i think it comes as a problem when it comes to those processes. if it does happen, it's pretty difficult again within the wider economy. but also the cost of borrowing for the government.

labour of course aren't impressed by mr sunak�*s plan.heme that would only cover i% of asylum seekers. this is an extortionate scheme, they should be putting that money into boosting our border security instead, that is what labour would do. the safety of rwanda bill is central to mr sunak�*s plans to "stop the boats" — arguing the scheme would acts as a effective deterrent for people who cross the channel in small boats. effectively, the legislation would drastically limit the grounds for legal challenges to the rwanda scheme and it gives ministers the power to disregard some human rights law. here's our political correspondent harry farley with more on mr sunak�*s announcement. there are some interesting details there about when he expects flight to take off, he said 10—12 weeks as you said there. and some interesting detail about the work the government has been doing behind—the—scenes to ensure that this plan is ready to go and is operational as soon as possible. so, just to run you through those, he said they had identified

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but, you know, sunak you talk, philip , about sunak having philip, about sunak having inherited chaosnd liz truss, and i agree with you. he had a chance to define himself against his two predecessors and he chose not to. he refused to even vote for the sanctions on boris in 18 months, and he's not repudiated liz truss . liz truss. >> the final word to you, on you. >> you're saying that rishi should have sorted out all these problems after lockdown and in 18 months, but labour is going to need ten years to do it. i mean, what a load of old tripe to perfectly honest. i mean, to be perfectly honest. i mean, you're making as you're you're making this up as you're going to be perfectly going along. to be perfectly honest, you absolutely honest, bill, you absolutely know no know that you've got no solutions to the problems that know that you've got no sollcountry the problems that know that you've got no sollcountry tifacing..ems that know that you've got no sollcountry tifacing..emsdon't the country is facing. you don't even tackle immigration. even want to tackle immigration. you're cave

rishi sunak had romised effect kick in. rishi sunak had promised to — effect kick in. have _ effect kick in. rishi sunak had promised to have planes - effect kick in. rishi sunak had promised to have planes in i effect kick in. rishi sunak had | promised to have planes in the effect kick in. rishi sunak had - promised to have planes in the air in the spring, but his new timescale is ten to 12 weeks from now. he wants and arguably needs it to work in time for the general election expected later this year. but labour say they would scrap the scheme. the roblem is say they would scrap the scheme. tue: problem is that say they would scrap the scheme. tte: problem is that the say they would scrap the scheme. t'te: problem is that the rwanda say they would scrap the scheme. tte: problem is that the rwanda scheme is an extortionate to expensive gimmick thatis an extortionate to expensive gimmick that is not a serious plan to actually tackle the problem. it's costing around half a a billion pounds for just costing around half a a billion pounds forjust 300 costing around half

minister sunak? cool heads should revail. ~ . �* minister sunak?�* , minister sunak? cool heads should revail. ., �* , ., prevail. what i'm saying is we are not interested _ prevail. what i'm saying is we are not interested in _ prevail. what i'm saying is we are not interested in a _ prevail. what i'm saying is we are not interested in a war. _ prevail. what i'm saying is we are not interested in a war. we - prevail. what i'm saying is we are not interested in a war. we are i not interested in a war. we are interested in deterrence and we will make the right decisions in order to make the right decisions in order to make sure iran is deterred. but your country would understand it better than any other, sometimes not doing anything is making things worse. we know that we need to deter iran, we know that we need to deter iran, we know we cannot let that happen ever again. i would like to remind you that iran that has threatened us is the same iran that is using their proxies in the middle east, hezbollah, the hamas, and the houthis all over the worl

and, from rishi sunak, this promise on defence spending...e spending to a new baseline of 2.5% of gdp by 2030. that starts today. is it time to be candid now with people that the costs of supporting ukraine are going to run into the billions and billions for years and years to come? could this last another decade? well, chris, as i touched on, unfortunately, we're living in a more dangerous time than at any point since the end of the cold war. if we don't deter russia in ukraine, all we're going to do is embolden putin to go even further, and indeed embolden other adversaries around the world. there's no way we can run away from that cost. we have to pay. not least because we need to understand that the most expensive alternative is to allow putin to win in ukraine. labour says it would raise defence spending to 2.5% of national income as soon as resources allow — not as concrete a commitment. i fully support what the prime minister has announced in relation to further funding for ukraine. it's vitally important that we continue to support uk

so rishi sunak critical point.bit earlier, saying that he feels that he has got a moral duty to enable people who can work to get back to work. let's have a little look at what he had to say. >> the role of the welfare state should never be merely to provide financial support. as important as that will always be, but to help people overcome whatever barriers they might face to living an independent, fulfilling life. everyone with the potential should be supported and not just to earn, but to contribute and belong. and we must never tolerate barriers that hold people back from making their contribution and from sharing in that sense of self—worth that comes from feeling part of being something bigger than ourselves. feeling part of being something bigger than ourselves . and that bigger than ourselves. and that is why this is a moral mission. and why the value of work is so central to my vision for welfare reform . reform. >> well, catherine, we've had hundreds of your essays about this. i want to read out a couple

we're @gbnews now rishi sunak.that the rwanda plan is causing an influx of migrants into ireland, and he says that shows that the deterrent effect of his rwanda plan is actually working. the deputy irish premier , micheal martin, says premier, micheal martin, says that the uk's asylum policy is actually driving migrants in fear of being deported to rwanda, across the border from northern ireland into the republic. now, meanwhile , there republic. now, meanwhile, there have been protests in newtownmountkennedy, where 160 asylum seekers living in tents in dublin are due to be moved to. we're going to go live to dubun to. we're going to go live to dublin now and join our reporter dougie beattie , who's got the dougie beattie, who's got the latest. dougie, thank you very much for your time as ever. how serious are these protests and how much pressure is the irish government now under to. >> well, the irish government has put itself under huge pressure by actually sending the riot squad in and the local from, newtown we

but overall, rishi sunak— value for money. but overall, rishi sunak and — value for money.number ten will spend this as a positive — sunak and number ten will spend this as a positive step in their plan to tackle _ as a positive step in their plan to tackle illegal immigration to the country~ — tackle illegal immigration to the country. separate to the votes that we saw _ country. separate to the votes that we saw tyson parliament last week, that potentially those flights will take off in 10—11 weeks we expect. at the _ take off in 10—11 weeks we expect. at the fact that the ball is rolling on this policy, rishi sunak will seek to — on this policy, rishi sunak will seek to spin in a positive way. to show— seek to spin in a positive way. to show momentum for this policy and positioning — show momentum for this policy and positioning as someone taking action — positioning as someone taking action. but i do not think the rwanda _ action. but i do not think the rwanda policies the several bullet to fixing _ rwanda policies the several bullet to fixing illegal immigration, that

standing in for rishi sunak, who's in germany , rishi sunak, who's in germany, oliver dowden said labour the armed forces. angela rayner hit back, though, saying that mr dowden had been obsessing over her living arrangements while the government quietly cuts funds for the army. >> the difference is, is that we haven't cut the army to its smallest size since napoleon and mr speaker , i read with interest mr speaker, i read with interest that the right honourable gentleman has been urging his neighbour in number 10 to call an election because he's worried they might get wiped out. has he finally realised that when he stabbed boris johnson in the back to get his main into number 10, he was ditching their biggest election winner for a pint size loser. >> and for the latest story , >> and for the latest story, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news .com/ alerts. >> well, it's 237. you're watching and listening to good afternoon, britain . now, afternoon, britain. now, researchers have warned that the damaging legacy of the pandemic will mean poorer

sunak is court judgements.hoping that that will give him a little boost in the polls. but unfortunately for him, that boost won't come before the local elections, which are happening next week . which are happening next week. and if the conservatives do really, really badly in the elections, which most polls, including our own poll are now predicting , that could lead to predicting, that could lead to really low morale in the conservative party and potentially a slew of letters of no confidence in the prime minister. it is not by any means absolutely certain at this stage that rishi sunak will even be leading the conservative party into the general election , but into the general election, but olivia could. >> next week's local council election results be? some people say you can't read too much into them. others say no, it could be. it could be quite a pointer. >> well, it's difficult to say . >> well, it's difficult to say. on the one hand, you know, local election results, you can interpret them as, as, as s

now it is said that, rishi sunak. well, he said that, rishi sunak. well, he said that, rishi sunak. months. did they keep it a secret from rishi sunak? or if they told him, what the hell is wrong with the guy? it is obvious you just. well, you'd think if you had any political savvy what you'd say is, oh, get this guy out and get him out now i >> -- >> peter, do you think this is all feel a bit like the 1990s? you remember the end game of the john major regime mired in sleaze , a feeling of a party sleaze, a feeling of a party almost waiting to be put out of its misery. it's starting to feel a bit like 1997 again, isn't it ? isn't it? >> i would go back even further than that. there was . there was than that. there was. there was the labour prime minister, jim callaghan, watching margaret thatcher and her cohorts bearing down her legions bearing down on him. and he said , look, there him. and he said, look, there comes a point in politics when there is a sea change, when the pubuc there is a sea change, when the public knows what it wants and what it approves of. and at that stage ,

here's our political correspondent harry farley with more on mr sunak�*s announcement. are some interesting details there about when he expects flight to take off, he said 10—12 weeks as you said there. and some interesting detail about the work the government has been doing behind—the—scenes to ensure that this plan is ready to go and is operational as soon as possible. so, just to run you through those, he said they had identified an airfield and a commercial airline to take flights off. he said that they had 500 people trained and ready to escort people to rwanda. he said that they had secured extra court time to process legal claims, and 200 people legally trained to do that. so i think what rishi sunak was trying to do there was to get ahead of the debate this evening in the house of lords and house of commons about the intricacies of the bill and say that the government is ready to get flights off as soon as possible. obviously, the caveat to all of that is that rishi sunak initially said that he wanted to get flights off in the spring, he is now saying the flight

it's taken rishi sunak nearly 72 hours. amid the | sunak nearly 72 hours.ng avoided. the speculation would be that of course, mr netanyahu wants the freedom to make his own choices, but i wonder what would happen where this to be a sizeable response. what might happen then? it’s this to be a sizeable response. what might happen then?— this to be a sizeable response. what might happen then? it's hard for me to abandon the _ might happen then? it's hard for me to abandon the us _ might happen then? it's hard for me to abandon the us will— might happen then? it's hard for me to abandon the us will not _ might happen then? it's hard for me to abandon the us will not not - might happen then? it's hard for me to abandon the us will not not not . to abandon the us will not not not be in the loop. i think they would be in the loop. i think they would be made aware of israel's intentions and the scope that israel intends to respond in, because if it doesn't, it sort of puts us personnel and others in the region in great danger, as can be seen as colluding with israe

the prime minister rishi sunak says _ the uk. the prime minister rishi sunak says the _ the uk.he rwanda - the uk. the prime minister rishi sunak says the rwanda bill - the uk. the prime minister rishi sunak says the rwanda bill will l the uk. the prime minister rishi. sunak says the rwanda bill will be the uk. the prime minister rishi i sunak says the rwanda bill will be a deterrent to those who want to cross illegally and not come via a legal route. do you think that is the case? i route. do you think that is the case? ., ., , , , case? i hate to say it, but this is complete _ case? i hate to say it, but this is complete nonsense. _ case? i hate to say it, but this is complete nonsense. rishi - case? i hate to say it, but this is complete nonsense. rishi sunak case? i hate to say it, but this is - complete nonsense. rishi sunak was a few months ago saying that he wanted all school children to study maths through to 18. here is the maths. we are looking at transferring may be 300 individuals to rwanda over the next 12 months. since january, we have had around 6000 come into the