The Prime Minister is going on the attack in a bid to end speculation over his future in No 10
Local elections in May will be a “major test” for Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister has been warned as supporters called for anBusiness Secretary Kemi Badenoch, who is seen as a future contender for the party’s leadership, warned the plotters they couldShe told LBC: “I have said many times that people need to stop messing around and get behind the Prime Minister.
Speaking to ITV, she added: “Rishi Sunak is the Prime Minister, he is the leader we have now, I supported him, I supported him as someone who could lead us into the general election. I’m 100 per cent confident that that is what is going to happen. Yes of course it is possible that there are some people who might want something different, but they are a tiny minority.”
The Prime Minister is planning to take a more aggressive stance, according to allies, pushing a message that the Government is boosting the economy and tackling illegal immigration. A No 10 insider said: “He has definitely still very much got the fight in him. He will be very much on the front foot.”
“That’s what I get up for every morning, working as hard as I can, to deliver – whether it’s cutting people’s taxes, increasing the state pension… today increasing the number of apprenticeships and talking to small businesses.”
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