Yet another broken pledge from Rishi Sunak: PM ditches promise to get flights off to Rwanda by the Spring

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He now says that he expects deportation flights to take off to the east African country in 10-12 weeks’ time.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing yet more humiliation after breaking yet another pledge, which he insisted he was on track to meet just two weeks ago.

Rishi Sunak had promised that flights removing asylum seekers to Rwanda, who had arrived via illegal routes, would be taking off in the Spring, despite the legislation being hit by a number of delays and setbacks.

He now says that he expects deportation flights to take off to the east African country in 10-12 weeks’ time.

Sunak’s press conference at Downing Street this morning came as his flagship Rwanda bill undergoes the Parliamentary ‘ping-pong’ stage between the Lords and the Commons, with both Houses of Parliament scheduled to sit late into the night today to get the bill passed.

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