Rishi Sunak speaks during his visit to Amersham and Chiltern RFC on day 5 of the general election campaign. The Prime Minister faced questions after a leaked memo from Conservative headquarters blamed MPs for failing to support the election effort.
Rishi Sunak insisted he took responsibility for the Conservatives ' election campaign after a leaked memo criticised MPs for going on holiday and refusing to knock on doors.
The document was accidentally emailed to MPs by a senior campaigning figure at CCHQ, the newspaper reported. Read More Rishi Sunak defends his 'bold' National Service plan for teenagers amid a Tory election campaign row as it is branded 'political suicide' by party members and sparks backlash from minister who says it was 'sprung' on them with no warning The document reveals seats which are short of funding and singles out some MPs for criticism over their efforts.
'The Prime Minister told everyone we could go on holiday and then called a snap election,' he told the Mirror from Vasiliki.
It comes as Tory MP Lucy Allen tonight quit the party in order to support a Reform UK candidate to replace her in her Telford constituency. But, in the latest blow to Rishi Sunak during a bumpy start to the PM's general election campaign, she claimed she had already quit the Tories in order to back Mr Adams' bid.
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