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Article thumbnail: Members of the House of Lords following the State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords at the Palace of Westminster in London. Picture date: Tuesday November 7, 2023. PA Photo. King Charles III is delivering his first King's speech as monarch, having previously deputised for the late Queen to open parliamentary sessions. See PA story POLITICS Speech. Photo credit should read: Leon Neal/PA Wire
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Article thumbnail: (left to right) Conservative MPs Jill Mortimer, Jonathan Gullis, Marco Longhi, Danny Kruger, and Miriam Cates, leaving Downing Street, London, following a breakfast meeting with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who is struggling to reconcile Tory MPs' competing demands over his Rwanda plan. Would-be rebels have warned that major surgery is still required to fix the flagship asylum legislation. Picture date: Picture date: Tuesday December 12, 2023. PA Photo. Mr Sunak will meet with around 20 New Conservative MPs over breakfast, after the grouping convened a meeting in Westminster to discuss whether to abstain or vote down the plan. See PA story POLITICS Rwanda. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: (left to right) Conservative MPs Jill Mortimer, Jonathan Gullis, Marco Longhi, Danny Kruger, and Miriam Cates, leaving Downing Street, London, following a breakfast meeting with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who is struggling to reconcile Tory MPs' competing demands over his Rwanda plan. Would-be rebels have warned that major surgery is still required to fix the flagship asylum legislation. Picture date: Picture date: Tuesday December 12, 2023. PA Photo. Mr Sunak will meet with around 20 New Conservative MPs over breakfast, after the grouping convened a meeting in Westminster to discuss whether to abstain or vote down the plan. See PA story POLITICS Rwanda. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during a press conference in the Downing Street Briefing Room, in London, Britain December 7, 2023. James Manning/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Article thumbnail: FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during a press conference in the Downing Street Briefing Room, in London, Britain December 7, 2023. James Manning/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Article thumbnail: Danny Kruger and Miriam Cates, accompanied by other members of the New Conservatives, walk outside 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, December 12, 2023. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Article thumbnail: Danny Kruger and Miriam Cates, accompanied by other members of the New Conservatives, walk outside 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, December 12, 2023. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Article thumbnail: Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hosts a press conference inside the Downing Street Briefing Room, in central London, on December 7, 2023, after Britain and Rwanda sign a new treaty to transfer illegal migrants to the African country. Britain and Rwanda signed a new treaty on Tuesday in a bid to revive a controversial proposal by London to transfer migrants to the East African country that was blocked by the UK courts. The agreement, which UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says is crucial to achieve his pledge of slashing irregular migration before a general election expected next year, was signed in Kigali. (Photo by James Manning / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JAMES MANNING/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hosts a press conference inside the Downing Street Briefing Room, in central London, on December 7, 2023, after Britain and Rwanda sign a new treaty to transfer illegal migrants to the African country. Britain and Rwanda signed a new treaty on Tuesday in a bid to revive a controversial proposal by London to transfer migrants to the East African country that was blocked by the UK courts. The agreement, which UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says is crucial to achieve his pledge of slashing irregular migration before a general election expected next year, was signed in Kigali. (Photo by James Manning / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JAMES MANNING/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)