Prime minister unlikely to face leadership challenge, writes Sam Coates, but tests await him in the coming weeks after poor local election results.
Rishi Sunak's internal critics have abandoned their attempt to unseat him because they have run out of time and do not believe Penny Mordaunt would do what is necessary to save the party. The Politics at Jack and Sam's podcast this week discusses how the PM is unlikely to face a challenge but will be confronted by an exhausted, sceptical and in parts broken Tory party when Parliament returns on Tuesday.
However, efforts by plotters - a loose band co-ordinating to bring down Sunak dominated by ex advisors rather than Tory MPs - have been abandoned. Read more:West Midlands loss fires starting gun on future of Tory partyLabour taking 'Tory crown jewel' feels like a momentum shift They are understood to believe the local elections show the Tories still on course for annihilation but they have run out of time, and the window for a challenge was back in December or January.
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