Whole Tory cabinet knew Rwanda Bill wouldn't work, Robert Jenrick claims

'Everyone successful cabinet' knew the Rwanda deportation measure would not work, according to Conservative enactment hopeful Robert Jenrick.

Speaking to the Politics Hub With Sophy Ridge, the erstwhile Home Office curate implied that each elder authorities curate successful the past medication didn't deliberation the plans to nonstop asylum seekers to Kigali would work.

Mr Jenrick resigned from Rishi Sunak's government astatine the extremity of 2023, saying helium did not judge the plans went acold enough.

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Speaking to Sky News, Mr Jenrick explained wherefore helium near government: "There was a prime for maine astatine the time: instrumentality a measure done parliament which I knew didn't enactment and which, frankly, everyone successful furniture knew didn't work; oregon permission the authorities and marque the lawsuit successful parliament, wherever I was honorable with myself and with the public."

Asked to corroborate if helium thought everyone successful the furniture - which includes the premier minister, location caput and each elder ministers - thought the Rwanda Bill would not work, helium said: "I deliberation everybody progressive successful that determination knew perfectly good that that argumentation was not going to succeed, but they turned a unsighted oculus to it.

"I wasn't consenting to beryllium a curate similar that."

Mr Jenrick would not springiness circumstantial names of who successful furniture - speech from himself - did not deliberation the plans would work.

He has said helium wants a legally enforced headdress connected migration, and besides to permission the European Convention connected Human Rights.

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Sophy Ridge besides asked Mr Jenrick astir 1 of the astir arguable moments of his clip successful the Home Office - erstwhile helium ordered a mural of Mickey Mouse astatine a reception centre for young asylum seekers be painted over.

During the enactment contention helium has said helium would not bash the aforesaid happening again - but helium has truthful acold refused to apologise.

"I would ne'er privation to bash thing that was thing different than compassionate towards children," helium said.

"When I was a curate liable for immigration, I did a batch to effort and guarantee that we were looking aft unaccompanied children properly.

"When I came into office, we were lodging them successful rudimentary hotels successful seaside towns. [We] closed them down and got those young radical into foster attraction and much due accommodation."

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Mr Jenrick says helium was acrophobic astir "a ample fig of adults" entering the UK and posing arsenic children - "placing existent children" successful "real danger".

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Another taxable touched connected successful the successful interrogation was whether Mr Jenrick would springiness different MPs who wanted to beryllium person a occupation successful his shadiness cabinet, should helium win.

"I privation to get the champion players connected to the pitch," Mr Jenrick said.

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He added that the different subordinate of the last two, Kemi Badenoch, "should get a elder presumption successful which she tin play a afloat portion successful restoring and renewing the Conservative Party".

And James Cleverly, who came third, would beryllium invited to service arsenic Mr Jenrick's lawman if helium wishes, arsenic he's "a unifying presence".