Sunak in tug of war between rival Tory factions after local election defeat
Rishi Sunak faces a Tory political power struggle as he tries to recover from disastrous results in the local elections.
As tensions mounted, Labour warned that Mr Sunak risks becoming “a prisoner” of those on the right wing of his party “with dangerous views” as he tries to cling to power after calamitous local election results.
It came as former home secretary Suella Braverman led right-wing calls for the prime minister to take a tougher stance on issues like immigration. But Andy Street, the Tory defeated in the West Midlands mayoral contest, urged him not to drift to the right.
The prime minister spent Sunday hunkered down in No 10 after his party lost almost 500 council seats in the , suffered a stunning defeat in the race, and was humiliated by Labour in London, where Sadiq Khan was easily re-elected.
