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UK News Today: Robert Jenrick quits, Johnson says ‘sorry’ and City shock at 1-0 loss  Good morning Britain! Former PM Boris Johnson faced a six-hour grilling yesterday at the Covid inquiry – he’ll sit again today for a final session. Johnson started with an apology saying sorry for the “pain and the loss and the suffering” caused by the pandemic and acknowledging that his government “may have made mistakes” that added to the hurt. Previous evidence handed to the inquiry revealed senior figures in his government had questioned his ability to lead and government, and created an image of chaos…

‘We have to find the way to win again.’

Spill all the tea, Halle!

Valve is offering up to 100 Steam Deck portables during The Game Awards event on Thursday night, in a free lottery that anyone can enter.

‘Ryan Giggs was getting booed week in and week out for a sustained amount of time. Let that sink in!’

Can the new Rwanda bill work and what could stop it? BBC News says expert lawyers who have been involved in the Rwanda case – or supported the challenge to the policy – have described new legislation as potentially setting up a politically explosive fight with both the Supreme Court and European Court of Human Rights. In last month’s Supreme Court ruling, five justices unanimously ruled that the country was not safe – and they listed the detailed evidence about how its asylum system was deeply flawed. The key element of the government’s package tries to deal with this part…

Rishi Sunak is meeting with Conservative MPs as he publishes his emergency legislation to get Rwanda flights off the ground.

A lot, apparently.

The Financial Times goes with the resignation of immigration minister Robert Jenrick, saying it scuppered Rishi Sunak’s bid to reunite his party.

Elementor #570287December 7, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today The Guardian – Tories in turmoil as immigration minister quits over Rwanda bill The Guardian says the resignation of immigration minister Robert Jenrick has plunged Rishi Sunak’s government into “further crisis”. The paper says Jenrick resigned just hours after the prime minister proposed a bill to support the Rwanda deportation policy. He stepped down because the legislation didn’t allow the government to bypass international laws preventing the deportation of asylum seekers to Rwanda. In a letter, the MP for Newark criticised Sunak’s bill as “a triumph of hope over…