Humanitarian groups demand safe routes to UK after five deaths in Channel

UN and Council for Europe add voices to outcry as more people drown within hours of ‘cruel’ Rwanda bill being passed

Welsh government may reverse 20mph limit on hundreds of roads – but denies U-turn

Minister admits mistakes have been made but says speed limit will remain in high-risk areas

Braverman dropping Windrush measures was unlawful, court told

Then home secretary’s decision in January 2023 to drop pledges was discriminatory, high court hears

Police clash with St George’s Day protesters at central London rally

Far-right supporters among those believed to be attending march on Whitehall, with at least six arrests made

Europe’s political leaders have been slow to recognise financial reality of long wars

Ukraine needs western munitions badly but it remains unclear how much more artillery the UK is prepared to produce

Defence spending in UK to be put ‘on war footing’, Rishi Sunak says – as it happened

Prime minister announces increase to UK defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2030 in speech about security

Tony Bowers obituary

Other lives: Community activist who worked and volunteered in Yorkshire for housing, health and community advice organisations

Sunak ‘confident’ civil service will enact Rwanda bill despite legal concerns

Union threatens ministers with legal action amid fears staff could be obliged to breach civil service code and international law

Rude, patronising and out of his depth, Minister Mikey ticks all the boxes

Michael Tomlinson’s efforts to defend Rwanda bill show how well suited he is to be part of the new moronocracy

Stumbling blocks that could still impede Rwanda deportations

Legal and logistic battles await the UK government’s untested asylum plan now that is has reached the parliamentary finishing line