(You can now subscribe to our(You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channelBritish Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Sunday promised to work "as hard as ever" after a disastrous set of election results saw his Conservative Party being unseated across several local authorities and even losing a mayoralty stronghold in the West Midlands region of England. Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman is leading this charge and issued a stinging rebuke in ' The Daily Telegraph ' to demand that it was time for Sunak to move on from "managerialism" and show strong leadership. "Let me cut to the chase so no one wastes time over-analysing this: we must not change our leader. Changing leader now won't work: the time to do so came and went. The Liberal Democrats beat the Tories into second place by winning over 500 seats as the Conservatives lost around 400 of previously held seats of local councillors, who manage day to day issues such as waste collection, roads and local infrastructure as well as crime fighting.

Source: The Times May 05, 2024 16:30 UTC