The controversial project to deport asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda will not flounder as the new prime minister remains supportive of the scheme.
Sunak said it would stop ‘an illegal set of criminal gangs who were causing people to die in pursuit of coming here’.
He said Britain has ‘a proud history of welcoming people but it’s also vital that we’re in control of who’s coming here’.
He pledged to cap the number of refugees and make the Rwanda plan work.
This Tuesday Liz Truss is gathering her cabinet one last time and will quit after a disastrous 49 days at the helm of the country.
She will then head for Buckingham Palace to tender her resignation to King Charles, before being replaced by Rishi Sunak.
The new PM will then give his own address to the nation from outside No10, and turn his mind to forming his first Cabinet.
Aides have insisted Mr Sunak will create a ‘big tent’ rather than only promoting his allies as Truss did.
Rishi Sunak told MPs yesterday that he wanted his government to represent the ‘views and opinions’ from across the Conservative Party.
Rishi Sunak is vowing to create a ‘big tent’ cabinet on Tuesday.
Aides have insisted Sunak will not repeat the mistakes of his predecessor Liz Truss by stuffing the top echelons of government with his allies.
Sunak will be the country’s first non-white premier, and at 42 the youngest since the Napoleonic Wars.
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