[ Dover MP Natalie Elphicke has become the second Conservative to defect to the Labour Party in a fortnight criticising the “broken promises” of Rishi Sunak’s government. In the latest blow to the Prime Minister, Elphicke crossed the floor in the Commons moments before Sunak faced Sir Keir Starmer in the Commons. Elphicke said her … Read more
[ A major rescue operation took place after a small boat believed to be carrying around 50 refugees ran aground on a sandbank in the English Channel off the Kent coast. Coastguard helicopter rescue teams and RNLI lifeboats were involved in the rescue mission which unfolded on Goodwin Sands off the Deal coast. The rescuers … Read more
[ The Prime Minister and his team spent the last few days urging the Lords to work with the Government – not against it – to get the Rwanda plan over the line, and refrain from voting to amend laws declaring it a safe country for deportations. But, despite scraping together as much support from … Read more
