His comments emerged an hour before the prime minister was accused by the Labour leader, Keir Starmer, of facing an “open revolt” from the Tories after “losing control of the borders”.

The permanent secretary at the Home Office, Sir Matthew Rycroft, told MPs that officials were currently in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, as they put the “finishing touches” to a new immigration deal, after the supreme court ruled against the government’s first agreement.

The Labour leader pointed to claims by the former home secretary Suella Braverman that Sunak reneged on his agreement with her to introduce harsher immigration measures in exchange for her support in the 2022 Conservative leadership contest.

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The UK and Rwanda remain committed to their controversial migrant deportation deal, sources have said, after reports emerged that support in Kigali for the agreement had cooled because of the continual delays.

Earlier this month, the policy was ruled unlawful by the supreme court, which said there was a risk that asylum seekers sent there could be returned to their home country in breach of UK and international human rights laws.

It is understood the Foreign Office has been told by senior diplomats that Rwanda’s commitment to the agreement was in jeopardy due to the continuing delays to the flights taking off, the Times reported.

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Overburdened teachers have less time for out-of-school clubs and plays, with school trips rarer, and exams and Progress 8 scores (for added attainment) driving out all else.

Vic Goddard, the head of Passmores academy in Harlow, Essex, is full of praise for teachers who choose this hard area, despite plentiful, easier jobs: he has 60 children with special educational needs and disabilities, when the average is 25.

Goddard is delighted that Labour’s Bridget Phillipson promises Ofsted will abandon one-word praise or damnation and replace it with a rounded report card.

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At the same time,Enfield has one of the highest proportions of residents living in temporary accommodation in the country and, according to government data, is among the worst boroughs in London at building enough new homes to meet rising demand.

But by embracing new ideas, forward-thinking clubs could not only modernise the game and raise crucial funds, they could also shake off the sport’s reputation as an elitist, rich man’s pastime and become celebrated drivers of positive local transformation.

Rather than higher fences and membership fees, clubs should collaborate with great architects to create neighbourhoods of affordable homes integrated with wildlife, community facilities and public spaces, all made possible by fewer and smaller – but better and more accessible – golf courses for everyone.

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Just as he was verifying his bank details – he’d tried waving his card vaguely at the laptop – there was a knock on the door.

Like, the Greek prime minister, Zorba whatever his name is, is planning to use a few minutes of his hour-long chat with you to ask for the Elgin marbles back.”

After a long conversation about immigration – the Greeks really needed to get their act together on that, it was a disgrace how many people were arriving there by boats – and a few pleasantries about Ukraine and Israel, there would be a harmless exchange in which Kyriakos Mitsotakis asked for the marbles and he said no.

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Its founder, Peter Thiel, backed Donald Trump in 2016, and the non-profit group Foxglove has launched a campaign and is threatening legal action to block a deal for which it claims the public’s consent has not been sought.

But public confidence was damaged by previous IT failures, and issues around privacy and trust are acknowledged by leading figures, including the NHS Confederation’s chief executive, Matthew Taylor, who support data-sharing in principle.

But the junior doctors’ dispute continues, while waiting lists are at record levels and workforce shortages will be worsened if Rishi Sunak follows through on a pledge to reduce immigration by changing visa rules (almost 58,000 care workers moved to the UK in 2022-23, while the number of NHS staff with a nationality other than British rose by 45,000).

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