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Rishi Sunak at a press conference after the Supreme Court verdict on his Rwanda policy.
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Sunak's flights of fantasy?

Francis Elliott, editor of the House Magazine, joins the podcast to run the rule over the reshuffle and weigh up Sunak's Rwanda scheme.

The Supreme Court's verdict has left the government's Rwanda asylum policy in tatters – but Rishi Sunak says he has a plan to get planes taking off by the spring. So what is the prime minister proposing, and is there any chance it will work?

That won't be a job for Suella Braverman, with the controversial now ex-home secretary the biggest loser in this week's reshuffle. The biggest winner was David Cameron, who surprised everyone with his return as foreign secretary. Francis Elliott, editor of the House Magazine and Cameron's first biographer, joins the podcast to run the rule over the reshuffle and weigh up Sunak's Rwanda scheme.

Plus: How big a problem did this week's resignations create for Keir Starmer?
 

What we talked about in this episode

13 NOV 2023 Live-blog

Cabinet reshuffle – November 2023

The IfG team analyses all the latest ministerial moves as Rishi Sunak reshuffles his Cabinet and David Cameron makes a return to frontline politics.

People featured in this episode

Topic
Policy making Parliament and the constitution Ministers
Keywords
Immigration Law Foreign affairs Government reshuffle Cabinet Official opposition General election
Political party
Conservative
Institution
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Position
Prime minister Home secretary
Administration
Sunak government
Department
Home Office Number 10
Public figures
Rishi Sunak Suella Braverman
Publisher
Institute for Government

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