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PARLIAMENTARY ping-pong over the fate of vulnerable refugees dragged on today with ministers resisting House of Lords amendments to their Rwanda legislation.
A third round of deadlock dragged on after peers had overnight reinstated demands for court oversight of deportations of asylum-seekers to the African country and exemptions for victims of modern slavery.
But MPs were set to give renewed backing to the plan, which has become totemic for Rishi Sunak’s leadership as a general election nears.
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