Braverman tells Sunak to ‘own’ dismal election results and ‘fix it’ but says it’s too late for Tories to change leader– UK politics live
Former home secretary says Tory voters are ‘on strike’ and are ‘not coming out to support us’ in wake of dire local and mayoral election results
- Labour triumphs in London and West Midlands
- Braverman says no time to oust Sunak so he must ‘own this and fix it’
- Full mayoral and council results for England
Mark Harper is now being interview by Laura Kuenssberg on the BBC. When it is put to him that people in his party want it to change course, Harper says the government will stick to its plan.
In his interview on Sky News Mark Harper, the transport secretary, ducked a question about whether the party should shift to the right, as Suella Braverman is advocating, or to the centre, as Andy Street proposes. (See 7.55am.)
What he is talking about there is what I just said. He is talking about you focus on the priorities of the British people, that is what you do.
We are going to stick to focusing on the priorities that the prime minister set out, which are the government’s priorities, the prime minister’s priorities but they are also the priorities of the British people.
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