The Tories are on course to lose 1,000 councillors at next month’s local elections, the party’s own chairman claimed today.
Cabinet Minister Greg Hands desperately tried to manage expectations in the run-up to polling day on May 4, with Labour predicted to make big gains at the Conservatives’ expense.
Analysts believe the Tories could be stripped of hundreds of seats in ballots across the country as the cost-of-living crisis and a wave of public sector strikes grip the nation.
