Cabinet breaks ranks to warn Sunak: Get tougher on migration

Rishi Sunak’s immigration plan was hit by fresh turmoil after No 10 admitted its new Rwanda treaty had been delayed and ministers broke rank to push the PM for “much tougher” moves to get record-high migration numbers down.

Downing Street refused to commit to having the revised Rwanda pact in place before Christmas, saying only that it would be ready “in the coming weeks” – having previously promised it would published in “days”.

It came as cabinet rifts over immigration deepened, with business secretary Kemi Badenoch revealing that she was “pushing” for Mr Sunak to take “much, much tougher measures” to tackle record-high net migration.

Meanwhile, immigration minister moved to quell Tory anger – insisting that the Rwanda plan remained “extremely important” after backbench MPs challenged home secretary over his claim