Tory

Tory MPs Graham Stuart and Alex Burghart - who was standing in for opposition leader Kemi Badenoch at the weekly Commons session - and Reform UK's Lee Anderson all made reference to the row when putting questions to Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner.

Burghart raised a laugh on the Tory benches with a jibe about "real economists", as he accused the government of "stoking" inflation.

Shadow Cabinet Office minister Alex Burghart, who was standing in for Tory leader Kemi Badenoch at Prime Minister's Questions, blamed the government's decision to agree above-inflation pay rises with unions and said last month's Budget would also push up inflation.

After winning power, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer scrapped the previous Tory government's plan to send some migrants to Rwanda, which aimed to discourage crossings.

The current Tory critics accuse the PM of reneging on promises made in opposition to get tougher on China over its human rights abuses.