🔎 One Tory source told theipaper that Rishi Sunak was expected to get “tougher than ever” on key issues such as small boats, climate change and crime as he prepares for his party’s annual conference in October
, the seat of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, by just 495 votes with their victoryBut, according to party insiders, Mr Sunak has not been dismayed by the results and is planning a tough blitz of policy announcements in the coming weeks to take on Labour.that the Prime Minister was expected to get “tougher than ever” on key issues such as small boats, climate change and crime as he prepares for his party’s annual conference in October.
Many expect this to be the final party conference before the next general election is held sometime in 2024, and that Mr Sunak planned to use it to show he was “ready to take the fight to Labour” despite the Conservatives’ poor position in the polls.that he didn’t think colleagues were “in full panic mode just yet”.
“A swing like the one in Selby is, you know, a pretty bad sign for us. We’re doing a lot better than we were, but I think it’s time we took stock,” they said. He agreed with Mr Sunak’s suggestion that the next election “is not a done deal”, but cautioned that the party “definitely has cause to be worried” if it can’t show progress on key areas such as the economy and the NHS.
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