Tory group warns Sunak he risks losing election if he doesn’t cut net migration

The New Conservatives, whose co-chair is Miriam Cates, are seen as a threat to the prime minister’s authority. They have devised a 12-point plan intended to avert electoral defeat. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

Rishi Sunak risks damaging “cultural security” and faces defeat at the next general election unless emergency measures to curb net migration are introduced, a new group of Conservative MPs has warned.

As Downing Street slapped down the group’s proposals to cut visas issued to care workers, members of the New Conservatives grouping said that ignoring their 12-point plan could end in electoral defeat.