The Prime Minister is beginning what could be one of the most precarious weeks of his premiership, with local elections on Thursday.
The shock defection of a Tory MP to Labour in anger over the NHS crisis has heaped pressure on Rishi Sunak ahead of what is already expected to be a tough week for the Prime Minister.
There is already speculation that a disastrous set of local elections results for the Tories in a few days’ time could galvanise unhappy backbenchers into moving against him. He added that he had come to the conclusion that “the only cure is a Labour government”, and he would support Sir Keir Starmer and shadow health secretary Wes Streeting on NHS policy.
He added that the Tory Party’s “focus is not on delivering or supporting high-quality public services”.
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