Tory Right steps up calls for Rishi Sunak to toughen Rwanda plan bill ahead of crunch vote

Tory Rightwingers stepped up calls for Rishi Sunak to toughen up his flagship Rwanda immigration plan as the clock ticks towards a crunch Commons vote on Tuesday.

The Prime Minister had warned that further sidelining human rights laws, as being demanded by hardliners, risk scuppering the whole policy as Rwanda could pull out, but dozens of Tory Rightwingers were still refusing to budge on Monday evening.

Mr Sunak gained the backing of the One Nation group of moderate Tory MPs to support the Rwanda Bill at its Second Reading on Tuesday, and they plan then to raise their concerns when it returns to the Commons for more detailed analysis in the New Year.

But this was short-lived relief for the Government as the Right-wing New Conservatives soon afterwards