Rishi Sunak refuses to rule out July election as PM hints at poll this year
RISHI Sunak was last night told to get “serious” about tax cuts and immigration or face a Tory wipeout at the general election.
She also demanded a cap on legal migration and quitting the European Court of Human Rights to “send the message that he’s serious aboutIt is in stark contrast to the warning from defeated West Midlands mayor Andy Street who cautioned Mr Sunak against lurching to the right.Defiant Rishi vows to 'work as hard as ever' after mayoral election losses
“These are the consequences of those decisions. He needs to own this and therefore he needs to fix it.”Her advice appeared to fall on deaf ears as Transport Secretary Mark Harper - a close ally of the PM - said Mr Sunak would stick with the current plan. “And the poll, the results from this week show that it's much closer than the national opinion polls suggest.”
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