So far: About 100 people have been informed that they can be put on a flight. Three of those taking part in today’s action have now been informed by the Home Office that they will not be sent to Rwanda at this time. – Dominic Casciani (@BBCDomC) June 10, 2022 The Home Office told the court that the claim against Rwanda’s policy by charities and other activists and lawyers for individual asylum seekers should fail because it is not justified – and the plan is in the public interest to prevent transit of the Channel. – Dominic Casciani (@BBCDomC) June 10, 2022 Raza Hussain QC, for some of the plaintiffs, told the court that the Home Secretary (usually legally speaking for the Home Office in general) had misled the court – and there was no support for Rwanda’s plan from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Refugees . – Dominic Casciani (@BBCDomC) June 10, 2022 Mr Hussain said: “The Foreign Minister’s assessment of Rwanda’s security and its response is full of references to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and an indication that the High Commission has given the green light to this plan. “Unfortunately, the material proves to be misleading and inaccurate.” – Dominic Casciani (@BBCDomC) June 10, 2022 The Home Office has not said how many asylum seekers it wants to deport to Rwanda next week and has not denied reports that the number could rise to 130. However, the Guardian said the number was around 30. Updated at 11.34 BST
Home Office cancels deportation order for three of Rwanda’s many asylum seekers deported next week
The Interior Ministry said it had canceled orders to remove three asylum seekers to be sent to Rwanda next week, PA Media reported. The section said the removal instructions had been canceled by a written submission to the Supreme Court hearing this morning (see 9.44am), where the militants are trying to get an order to suspend the removals. The BBC’s Mark Easton says an asylum seeker is still fighting for his removal at this hearing. Three asylum seekers to be deported to Rwanda next Tuesday will NOT be removed now, @ukhomeoffice revealed. The three were among four immigrants who challenged their deportation to the Supreme Court. Another asylum seeker is still fighting for his removal. – Mark Easton (@BBCMarkEaston) June 10, 2022 Updated at 11.32 BST
Johnson is a bad role model for children, says the Tsar of social mobility
Katharine Birbalsingh, the government’s social mobility tsar, said she did not think Boris Johnson was a good role model for children. In an interview with Sky News, when asked if she was a good role model, she replied: NO I do not think. I wish he could, but he is not and that is a little sad. I like Boris, I do not think he is bad. I do not know enough about what he has done, but I do not think he is a good role model for children. The other day I saw a photo of him in the Metro and I looked at his hair and I thought – oh my God – we expect our children to have professional-looking hair. You may think this is a little meticulous and a little silly, but it really is not. I think it is important for our children to look professional. And sometimes Boris seems professional, but sometimes he’s not professional enough for me. My colleague Jamie Grierson has the full story here. Katharine Birbalsingh. Photo: Martin Godwin / The Guardian The average price of a liter of gasoline in the strongholds of the United Kingdom reached a new record 183.2 a.m. on Thursday, according to data company Experian, reports PA Media. PA says: This was an increase of 0.9 p.m. compared to Wednesday. This means that the average filling cost of a typical 55 liter family car is, 100.76. The average price of a liter of diesel on Thursday was a record 188.8 p.
The Northern Ireland Protocol bypass bill will be published on Monday
Controversial legislation bypassing the Northern Ireland Protocol will be published on Monday following a dispute between the government and Eurosceptics over whether it is tough enough, says my colleague Rowena Mason. Legal commentator David Allen Green has written a long and interesting blog in which he clarifies the controversy over whether or not the first Treasury adviser, Sir James Eddie, was asked for the legislation. Here’s Green’s conclusion. What seems to have happened is this: the government has received its convenient advice from the current Attorney General. Someone insisted that this still had to be referred to the first adviser of the Ministry of Finance. a clever compromise was reached where it would be referred to Eadie on a number of cases, so as not to undermine convenient legal advice. and [Eadie]while accepting these assumptions, it provided a non-useful view of the value of these assumptions. Keir Starmer arrives in Stormont in Northern Ireland this morning for talks with party leaders. Photo: Stefan Rousseau / PA
More than three-quarters of Britons are more or less concerned about rising living costs, says ONS
The Office for National Statistics today released a report showing the extent to which Britons are concerned about the cost of living. Here are some of the key findings.
More than three-quarters of adults (77%) feel very or somewhat worried about the rising cost of living, says the ONS.
Those who are most likely to be more or less concerned about the rising cost of living are women (81% – the rate for men is 73%), people between the ages of 30 and 49 (82%), people with disabilities ( 82%) and parents with a child under four (90%).
% of people worried about rising cost of living – by age Photo: ONS% of people worried about rising cost of living – between people with disabilities and non. Photo: ONS% of people worried about the rising cost of living – by parental status Photo: ONS
Level of concern for the cost of living is generally similar in income groups up to £ 40,000 per year. But even among people who earn more than 50 50,000 a year, 12% are very worried about the cost of living and 57% are a little worried.
% cost of living concern – by income Photo: ONS
Half the adults are very worried about the rising cost of living, they worry about it almost every day.
How often do people worry about the cost of living? Photo: ONS Updated on 10.09 BST These are from ITV Anushka Asthana ahead of the Supreme Court hearing this morning, where the militants will seek an order to stop the deportation of asylum seekers to Rwanda next week. Rwanda’s latest policy thread: I’re going to the Supreme Court today – as @DetentionAction @ Care4Calais & others, including 4 people being sent to Rwanda, seek injunctions to stop next week’s flight until all legal action is taken arguments. @AsylumAid also asks inj 1 / – Anushka Asthana (nAnushkaAsthana) 10 June 2022 Their legal argument – that they are asking for time to complete – is that Priti Patel has not proven that Rwanda is a safe place to send asylum seekers (eg due to human rights requirements in detention) and protection of asylum seekers from their return where they leave from 2 / – Anushka Asthana (nAnushkaAsthana) 10 June 2022 Priti Patel said from the beginning that lawyers (he said “left-wing lawyers”) would try to block the plan. But that her department had done all the legal work to meet these challenges 3 / – Anushka Asthana (nAnushkaAsthana) 10 June 2022 The government believes that this policy will act as a deterrent to other people trying to cross the English Channel by boat. And it’s very popular with many, but not all, Tory MPs. Charities have claimed he is inhumane. 4 / – Anushka Asthana (nAnushkaAsthana) 10 June 2022 And here is the preview of our story by Rajeev Syal and Diane Taylor.
Rishi Sunak ‘wasted 11 11 billion paying too much interest’ on UK debt
Risi Sunak was accused of squandering 11 11bn of taxpayers’ money by paying too much interest to pay off government debt, PA Media reported.
Boris Johnson will be forced to leave by the fall without a “positive new agenda”, says Lord Frost
Good morning. Boris Johnson is expected to campaign in Tiverton and Honiton in Devon today, where in a fortnight voters will hear the result of the by-elections. The Liberal Democrats are now widely expected to win, and if they do, overthrowing the majority of Tories over 24,000 will be a terrible blow to the Tories, even worse than losing North Shropshire, where the governing majority was just below. 23,000. It’s not yet clear what Johnson can do in the constituency, but it would be nice to think he would hit the woman my colleague Peter Walker met when he was there yesterday. Tiverton voters have a refreshing brutality. What do you think of Boris Johnson, I ask a woman in her 70s. “Shit”. What did you think about him in 2019? “Joy, but a little less crap.” – Peter Walker (@ peterwalker99) June 9, 2022 I have transcribed the (short) tape of my conversation with Tiverton’s most concise woman. Other highlights: «Neil Parish? Disgusting.” Have you decided how to vote? “Yes”. You will tell me; “No”. Will it involve trying to overthrow the Tories? “For sure”. – Peter Walker (@ peterwalker99) June 9, 2022 Some Tories and commentators believe that the loss of Tiverton and Honiton (and also Wakefield, where there is another election on the same day) could trigger a new attempt by the Tories to remove Johnson. But that seems unlikely, as the party will still be less than three weeks away from the last vote of censure and, conversely, the party congress in the fall (and / or the publication of the privileges committee inquiry into Johnson’s allegations. to MPs for Partygate – probably coming around the same time) is considered by some to be the new …
