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Sunak's Rwanda plan still threatened despite parliamentary vote victory
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during a press conference in the Downing Street Briefing Room, London, December 7, 2023
RISHI SUNAK’S Rwanda row rumbled on today despite his victory in a key parliamentary vote on Tuesday night.
Tory rebels pushing for a still tougher migration policy vowed to fight on in the new year to amend the legislation.
Twenty-nine backbenchers abstained in the Commons vote on the Bill, not enough to defeat the government, thus allowing the Prime Minister’s plan to proceed to the next parliamentary stages.
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