'We must do better'. Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi admits there are some local issues that the party has to address after the Conservatives lost nearly 500 seats in England, Wales, and Scotland in Thursday's council elections. LocalElections2022:
that they would investigate whether leader Sir Keir Starmer broke COVID rules while drinking with colleagues in April 2021.
Positives for his party included taking control of the London borough of Harrow and consolidating its grip in Nuneaton - an area that will be a key general election battleground."The PM is to blame, no one else, and there are now 19 Tory London MPs who will be baying for blood.
But Mr Johnson's allies warned it was not time to change leader as they insisted Labour's gains fell short of what was needed for the party to secure a general election victory.2:41Sir Keir said the results represented a"massive turning point for the Labour Party".
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