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EXIT POLL: Jeremy Hunt, Grant Shapps, Penny Mordaunt, Steve Baker, Iain Duncan Smith and Jacob Rees-Mogg are all likely to lose their seats
The Conservatives are predicted to slump to 131 MPs, their lowest number in post-war history.
The Conservatives are predicted to slump to 131 MPs, their lowest number in post-war history.
A possible gain for the Lib Dems is being mooted in Hunt’s Godalming & Ash constituency.
‘’The cost of living crisis is not over – no matter how much ministers pretend it is’
Such a collapse in GDP per capita growth shows just how poorly the UK economy has performed under the Tories.
How many councillors are the Tories expecting to lose?
“I think £100,000 is a very good salary.”
Labour is counting on the unpopularity of the Conservative Party to catapult it into power but in the absence of specific policies and failure to improve quality of life, electoral goodwill will quickly evaporate.
It comes after Sunak last week ruled out a general election on May 2 as speculation ramped up over an early vote.
Hunt has twice sabotaged this strategy with successive cuts to national insurance
It’s not just opposition parties and trade unions that are lambasting the Spring Budget. Tories are too.