RISHI SUNAK fought to hold his government together today as hard-line Tory rebels threatened to sink his Rwanda deportation legislation.

Tory rebels mustered 68 votes for their amendments, which were opposed by most Conservatives and all other parties except the Democratic Unionists.

Many of the Tory dissidents will likely ultimately back the final Bill, but it will be a nerve-wracking couple of days for the government, which was rocked by the resignation of Tory deputy chairs Lee Anderson and Brendan Clarke-Smith.