Supreme court set to rule on Rwanda policy as Michael Howard defends Sunak’s leadership – UK politics live

Former Tory leader says party is ‘very fortunate’ to have Sunak as prime minister as judgment set to be delivered on Rwanda deportation

Good morning. Sometimes the news arrives in a steady flow, and sometimes it tumbles out all at once. Today is one of those days. Within less than two hours, in its most important judgment since the prorogation case, the supreme court will deliver its judgment on whether the government’s Rwanda deportation policy is lawful. Two hours later Rishi Sunak will take PMQs, and he will be speaking as he faces the biggest challenge to his leadership in his (admittedly short) prime ministerial career. The Today programme has just given its 8.10 interview slot to a Tory MP calling for him to be replaced. And later, at 7pm, there is likely to be a vote in the Commons on a Gaza ceaesefire proposal that will expose serious splits in the Labour party.

All this will overshadow some good news for Sunak this morning; he has achieved his target of halving inflation.

Constituents have been writing in and saying Rishi must go. And I think that’s we’ve got to bite the bullet now. I think it’ll get to the stage anyway, if we are going to keep going so behind in the polling where Rishi will be gone – let’s do it now, let’s get a new leader.