Rishi Sunak urged to ‘change course’ of party’s direction after heavy defeats

Britain’s Conservative PM’s position appears safe but recriminations in air as party hammered in local and mayoral electionsFormer home secretary Suella Braverman on the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg: She urged prime minister Rishi Sunak to 'Reflect on what the voters are telling us and change the plan.' Photograph: Jeff Overs/BBC/PA

Suella Braverman, the former home secretary and right-wing firebrand who was sacked last year by UK prime minister Rishi Sunak, on Sunday urged him to “change course” and shift the Tories to the right in advance of the general election later this year.

“The thing everyone should take from Birmingham in the West Midlands is brand of moderate, inclusive, tolerant conservatism that gets on and delivers has come within an ace of beating the Labour Party in what they considered to be their backyard,” Mr Street told Sky News.Victory by Ben Houchen, the Conservative Party mayor of the Tees Valley area around Middlesborough, was the only bright spot for the Conservatives in an otherwise dire weekend of results.

Late on Friday evening, before counting had started on Saturday in the London race, Tory strategists briefed that they believed Ms Hall could confound polls and pull off a shock defeat of Mr Khan, who faced criticism from Tories for widening London’s ultra-low emission zone scheme of environmental charges against motorists who drive older vehicles.

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