Sunder Katwala

The July 4 general election will see a landmark breakthrough – not simply another record number of ethnic minority MPs, but the biggest ever rise in their number.

The July election timing shows that Sunak lacks confidence that his Rwanda plan would actually stop the boats if put to the test this summer, writes Sunder Katwala

Both Tories and Labour face election dilemmas about what to say about immigration numbers in the next parliament.

The prime minister will survive these local election results, unlike almost half of the thousand Conservative councillors who tried to get re-elected.

Yousaf’s resignation as the Scottish first minister after 13 brief months was largely a self-inflicted blow.

New polling for British Future finds only a quarter of the public would consider planes taking off for Rwanda as a successful outcome for the policy.