Rishi Sunak faces PMQs as Supreme Court blocks Rwanda plan

Rishi Sunak is facing PMQs just hours after the Supreme Court blocked the UK Government’s plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.

The flagship policy was part of the Prime Minister’s “stop the boats” promise and among his five key pledges.

On Wednesday morning judges unanimously ruled that the deportation proposals were unlawful.

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Supreme Court rules the UK Government’s Rwanda asylum policy is unlawful

Verdict comes a day after sacked home secretary Suella Braverman accused the Prime Minister of having no credible back-up plan.

The Prime Minister will also face questions from MPs for the first time since sacking Suella Braverman as home secretary.

She was replaced by foreign secretary James Cleverly, who was in turn replaced by former prime minister David Cameron.

Braverman went on to attack Sunak accusing him of betrayal and saying he has no mandate to govern.

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Braverman accuses Sunak of ‘betrayal’ and says he has no mandate to be PM

The sacked home secretary launched an attack on Sunak in a letter in which she accused him of ‘failing to deliver’ on key policies.

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