Yahoo News Rishi Sunak latest news: PM plans 'emergency' law changes after Rwanda ruling
Prime minister pledges to ignore European court after controversial asylum plan blocked
Rishi Sunak has said he will introduce “emergency legislation” to deem Rwanda a safe country and prevent the “merry-go-round” of legal challenges, after the government lost its Supreme Court battle.
He reiterated the government's pledge to "stop the boats" and said that the government had done more on illegal migration than any other government.
Speaking earlier in PMQs, Sunak said he would “finalise” a new treaty with Rwanda in light of the Supreme Court’s judgment and was “prepared to revisit our domestic legal frameworks” if necessary.
"I am prepared to change our laws and revisit those international relationships - the British people expect us to do whatever it takes to stop the boats," he said.
In a dramatic day in Westminster, the ruling came amid Labour turmoil as eight shadow ministers and two parliamentary private secretaries left Keir Starmer’s frontbench after voting in the Commons for a Gaza ceasefire against the party line.
The eight shadow ministers are Paula Barker, Rachel Hopkins, Afzal Khan, Sarah Owen, Jess Phillips, Yasmin Qureshi, Naz Shah and Andy Slaughter.
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