WATCH: Rishi Sunak defiant despite Tories suffering major losses in local elections
Rishi Sunak has insisted he will push on with his agenda despite the Tories suffering major losses in his first electoral test.
Rishi Sunak has insisted he will push on with his agenda despite the Tories suffering major losses in his first electoral test.
"Cried at the polling station this morning as the old lady in front of me, who had struggled to walk there, was turned away", one person said.
Many of the seats being contested this year were last up for election in 2019, when the UK was still in the European Union.
Tory chairman has repeated claims his party could lose 1,000 councillors in May’s local elections but denied he would quit.
Health Secretary Steve Barclay insisted he was working constructively with officials following reports about his conduct.
The Labour leader said the ‘vast majority’ of the promises he made during the leadership election were still valid, but are they?
Royal College of Nursing general secretary Pat Cullen made the comment after Steve Barclay described the strike as ‘disrespectful’.
Some 55% of people told Ipsos UK that they thought the Tories would lose seats while just 9% thought the party would make gains.
Labour said around 1.8 million people had been underpaid due to processing errors by the DWP, HMRC or local authorities.
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