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has been told he must urgently “change course” as fresh Tory splits erupted following two disastrous by-election defeats for the prime minister.Despite the losses and with the general election on the horizon, the prime minister insisted on Friday that his plan was “working”.But in a joint statement this afternoon, Tory MPs Danny Kruger and Miriam Cates of the New Conservatives group slammed Sunak’s strategy.
“In 2019 the British people voted for change, and they haven’t seen it yet. We have many good excuses - the disruptions and distractions of Brexit, Covid and the Ukraine war - but so far, we have not delivered on the promises we made at the last election.” Kruger and Cates added: “The results in yesterday’s by-elections are unequivocal: Labour are winning because many of the people who backed us in 2019 are staying at home or voting Reform.
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