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Kevin Hollinrake, minister for postal services, says he welcomed the decision by former Post Office boss to hand back her CBE

Rishi Sunak is braced for a Commons showdown over his Rwanda plan after being warned by Tory MPs that the proposal will not work unless it is significantly beefed up, PA Media reports. PA says:

As the right wing of the Conservative party gears up for a parliamentary battle, the prime minister was warned by former immigration minister Robert Jenrick that the plan “simply doesn’t work” in its current form.

Dozens of right-wing Conservatives are backing amendments to the safety of Rwanda (asylum and immigration) bill aimed at effectively ignoring international law and to severely limit individual migrants’ ability to resist being put on a flight to Kigali.

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