Rwanda flights will not take off before general election, says Sunak
by Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor from on (#6N0MR)
Rishi Sunak says deportation flights will leave in July if he is reelected as prime minister
Rishi Sunak has said deportation flights to Rwanda will not leave before the election, saying the scheme would be up and running" if he was re-elected prime minister.
In his first interviews after calling the snap poll, the prime minister said the flights would leave in July, with the caveat: If I am reelected as prime minister on 5 July, these flights will go."
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