Prime Minister's 'major mistake' that 'cost Tories at local elections'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukPrime Minister Rishi Sunak’s “major mistake” of dropping housebuilding targets played a role in the Conservatives’ dire local election results, ex-levelling up secretary Simon Clarke said.
The senior Conservative MP argued on Monday that the Government’s attempts to “pander to the public’s worst instincts” of Nimbyism on homes was failing.
The PM was under pressure after the Tories shed 960 councillors across England in Thursday’s elections in a result approaching the party’s most pessimistic predictions. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community Labour gained 635 seats and won control of 22 councils as the Liberal Democrats also performed strongly.
Mr Clarke, who served in Liz Truss’s chaotic and brief government, blamed both the tumult of last year and current policy for the Tories’ electoral failings.
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