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The Elizabeth Tower, known as Big Ben, at Westminster Palace in London, January 23, 2023
PEERS once again defied government pressure to rush through the Rwanda deportation Bill, pushing the legislation’s passage back to next week.
The House of Lords once again passed amendments to the Bill, demanding independent monitoring of Rwanda’s safety for refugees and exemption from deportation for those who had worked for the British military, including in Afghanistan.
At present the Bill unilaterally declares Rwanda “safe” in defiance of a Supreme Court judgment that it isn’t, and gives ministers the power to ignore emergency injunctions to prevent deportations.
Labour cannot win another election by accommodating racism, instead it should focus on finding solutions to social concerns that too often seek scapegoats, writes DIANE ABBOTT
Evidence to peers from medical leaders, patient safety officials and the children’s commissioner has intensified fears that the Bill’s safeguards are inadequate, writes ADAM JAMES POLLOCK
DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10