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Sunak dismisses Tory dissent over Rwanda Bill as ‘debating society’ antics

Source: PA Wire

Rishi Sunak dismissed dissent over his Rwanda Bill by cantankerous Tory MPs as “debating society” behaviour and said he is working “tirelessly” to get the plan off the ground.

The Prime Minister won a crunch vote in the Commons on his emergency legislation aimed at reviving the policy to deport some asylum seekers to the African nation.

But he faces further opposition to his Bill from hardliners and more moderate wings

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