Prime Minister Rishi Sunak holds Rwanda bill news conference at Downing Street

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will hold a press conference at 10am after his controversial Rwanda bill passed its latest stage in parliament - despite rebellions from his own backbenchers.

The legislation - which aims to deter asylum seekers from making small boat crossings by threatening deportation to the African nation - passed its third reading in the Commons last night with a majority of 44.

But 11 Tory MPs, including former ministers Suella Braverman and Robert Jenrick, voted against the bill after days of attempts by a larger group of right-wing Conservatives to toughen up the law with their own amendments.

A further 18 Tory MPs abstained from the vote.

And a Tory rebel source told Sky News's political editor Beth Rigby that "several" letters of no confidence in Mr Sunak had now been submitted

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