Rishi Sunak has placed its fate on the economy and Rwanda flee as he struggles to recover from the nightmare of local elections.
The Prime Minister admitted that voters need to see that his plan 'makes a difference' after the extraordinary crisis – culminating in the defeat of Tory West Midlands mayor Andy Street on Saturday evening.
Allies have pointed out that economic figures later this week are likely to confirm Britain is out of recession, while the first deportations to Rwanda should take place this summer.
They also used the expected national share of local elections, suggesting Work was not far enough ahead for an outright majority in a general election.
Mr Sunak is gathering his cabinet this morning and will visit later. However, Tory rebels are still considering their next move as panic grows over the possibility of an eradication.
Yesterday for the first time since the full film appeared before TV cameras local elections The results emerged and the Prime Minister acknowledged they were 'disappointing'.
Hinting that the election would not take place until the autumn, he pledged that he was “more determined than ever to show the country that we are making progress in the areas that matter to them.”
Defiant Mr Sunak also said he was prepared to 'fight' despite local election results raising new questions about his leadership of the Conservatives.
Rishi Sunak has staked his fate on the economy and flights to Rwanda as he struggles to recover from local election nightmare
Keir Starmer (pictured in Birmingham) cheered after the Conservatives lost almost 500 seats in the local elections and were all but one elected mayor
The Prime Minister dodged questions about Tory MPs urging him to change course to the right to win back voters.
The disastrous series of local elections saw the Conservatives lose almost 500 seats and lose all but one mayor, sparking a new battle in the Tory civil war.
Mr Sunak also saw the Tories lose the Blackpool South parliamentary by-election to Labour, with his party only narrowly beating third-placed Reform UK.
The Prime Minister has since used an analysis of the council results that suggested Labor would miss out on a majority in the House of Commons – even though experts are clear that voter behavior is very different and the projection does not take Scotland into account at all.
“These results suggest we are heading for a hung parliament with Labor as the largest party,” he said yesterday.
'Keir Starmer, backed by the SNP, the Liberal Democrats and the Greens in Downing Street, would be a disaster for Britain.
'The country does not need more political horse-trading, but action. We are the only party that has a plan to deliver on the people's priorities.”
Minister Mel Stride visited the broadcasting studios this morning and insisted the Conservatives still had 'everything to play for' in the general election, despite the abuse the party has suffered.
The Work and Pensions Secretary told Times Radio: 'Firstly, the turnout in local elections is clearly low. I think a lot of conservatives stayed away who were dissatisfied.”
He said the general election will be a “completely differentiator contest” with “a very volatile electorate”.
Mr Stride acknowledged that the results of the May 2 election had been “very painful” for the Conservatives, adding that the party now needed to be “united” to win back voters.
But he added: 'This is a volatile electorate, there are undoubtedly people we need to win back to the Conservative cause. “I suspect a large number of those people stayed away on election day last Thursday, and it is now up to us as a party to do absolutely everything we can to bring these people back into the Conservative fold.”
