Rishi Sunak admits he doubts he will win next general election | British news

Rishi Sunak has admitted he is on course to lose the Tory majority for the first time at the next general election.

He said that if the local elections If the results were repeated in a national vote, there would be a hung parliament.

Mr Sunak told it The times last week's results, when his party suffered big losses, had been disappointing, but he claimed they were not great for Labor either.

It is the first time the Prime Minister has publicly acknowledged doubts he would win the next general election, after the party lost more than 500 council seats and the mayoralty of the House of Representatives. West Midlands.

He told the newspaper: “I know the last few years have been tough, and I understand why people are frustrated.

'Losing good Conservative councilors and a fantastic mayor like Andy Street, who has done so much good for the West Midlands, is of course bitterly disappointing.'

But he added: 'Keir Starmer backed in Downing Street by the SNP, the Liberal Democrats and the Greens would be a disaster for Britain.”

Former Interior Minister Suella Braverman wasted no time in calling on the Prime Minister to move further to the right to attract voters after the defeat.

She urged him to make further tax cuts and introduce a cap on legal migration.

However, Ms Braverman said she did not think a change in leadership was “a viable prospect”, adding: “There is no superman or superwoman who can do this.”

Meanwhile, Tory MP Sir John Hayes suggested Sunak should bring his closest ally, Ms Braverman, back to the table as an 'authentic Tory part of the Conservative Party'.

But Conservative moderates warned that Sunak would not move to the right, with outgoing West Midlands mayor Andy Street claiming after his loss that 'winning from that midfield is what happens'.

Damian Green, chairman of the One Nation Group of Tory moderates, made a similar plea on the BBC's Westminster Hour.

“I would just look at the seats we have lost in recent days – we have lost to parties to our left. So I think the suggestion that we should move to the right is irrational in light of the electorate,” he said.

Labor sought to dispel suggestions that it would consider forming a coalition with the SNP after the next election.

Pat McFadden, the party's national campaign coordinator, said: “Our goal is to win a majority, to govern, to meet the mood for change, and we are not planning any alliances or pacts with anyone.”

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