Along with nearly 500 councillors. Mr sunak has said those losses were bitterly disappointing. Yesterday the former home secretary Suella Braverman said the Prime Minister had to own the results and change course. I think he needs to show people that he really cares about some of the things that hes talked about. He needs to actually lower taxes i in a way that people will feel, i not tweaking around the edges. If hes serious about migration, he needs to put a cap on legal migration. He needs to take us out of the European Convention on human rights. Thats how you actually send i the message that hes serious about stopping the boats. And while some are urging mr sunak to change position, others in the Conservative Party are clear that their best chance is to stay firmly in the centre ground. So while any imminent threat to eject mr sunak from here seems to have gone away, the long term pressure on him to change conservative fortunes has not. For labour, this week holds a very different
Who had served two terms in the role. The labour mayor of london, sadiq khan, was re elected for a historic third term. Overall, the conservatives lost hundreds of councillors in the local elections in england. This morning, the transport secretary mark harper said while the results were disappointing. The General Election was still all to play for. Lets speak to our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan, who is in birmingham. That is where the West Midlands mayoral result was announced yesterday. She has been there getting reaction. It was already a difficult few days after thursdays local elections for the Conservative Party but i think many pin hopes on the West Midlands mayoral contest that declared in birmingham late last night, about nine oclock. That is because it was a close race, but the conservatives hoped their incumbent mayor andy street would hold on for another term but in the end, it was the Labour Candidate who is now the mayor, Richard Parker, who won by a squeak, by abou
Lets speak to our scotland Political Correspondent, jenni davidson. Jennl jenni, for those of us that dont follow the Politics Of Scotland that much, who is this activist . Follow the Politics Of Scotland that much, who is this activist . Well, he has a bit of much, who is this activist . Well, he has a bit of a much, who is this activist . Well, he has a bit of a track much, who is this activist . Well, he has a bit of a track record much, who is this activist . Well, he has a bit of a track record of has a bit of a track record of challenges to the snp leadership. He is a former lawyer. Last year he stood against former snp msp and former government minister mike russell for the snp presidency. And quite memorably, he also described the snps Independence Policy as flatulence in a trance, whatever that might mean im not quite sure. So we have been Hearing Reports in the last couple of days that Graeme Mccormick is planning to challenge john swinney for the snp leadership. It had looke
It is once again going to feel pretty warm. I will have all of the details very shortly. Its sunday the fifth of may. Good morning to you. Our main story the conservatives have suffered a significant defeat in the West Midlands after losing the regions Mayoral Election to labour. In the closely fought race, andy street, who was seeking a third term in office, lost out to Richard Parker, by a margin ofjust over 1500 votes. The result had been seen as pivotal for Rishi Sunakfollowing One of his partys worst ever performances in this weeks local elections. Our Political Correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports. Parker, richard labour and co operative party, 225590. It was a result that will send a shudder through conservatives. Street, andrew, the Conservative Party candidate, 224082. Labour victorious in the west midland mayoral race by 1508 votes a tiny margin in a region of 2 Million People. One of the conservatives high profile metro mayors andy street toppled. The Labour Leader was t
Gathered behind me here, and we are waiting at this Convention Centre in birmingham for the official final declaration, so at the moment all we know is that Labour Sources are saying that they have won. If that is the case, that would be a huge coup for the party and for sir keir starmer, the incumbent conservative mayor andy street is still hoping, it has been hoping for a third term here, and it was very fought race, and throughout the day, both partys sources have been telling me that they believed it was a knife edge, they believed it was a knife edge, the result here. But as we are hearing from the labour party now, they believe they have pulled it off, and Richard Parker, their candidate, has won. I was down on the floor five minutes ago, Richard Parker was down there as were other members of the labour party, Jess Phillips mp as well. They had all just go down on the floor, we didnt really know why, but they all seemed fairly positive. Could that have been the first sign before