The PM vows to 'double down' on his promises on the economy and migration, despite suffering two by-election defeats.
The Tories' narrow victory in the suburban seat of Uxbridge, which they won by 495 votes, spared Mr Sunak the humiliation of being the first PM for 55 years to lose three by-elections in one night.
But the other two results suggest the Tories face a difficult path to possible victory at the next election, with the party trailing Labour in the polls nationally by significant margins. However, a former cabinet minister on the right of the Conservative Party told the BBC the "eye-watering swings" in Selby and Somerton showed the party needs a "complete change of direction"."It is becoming increasingly clear that a failure by the party leadership to act now and change course risks electoral Armageddon."
And a 29% swing to the Liberal Democrats in the Somerset seat of Somerton and Frome showed they could be a stronger challenger to the Tories in the West Country than at the last election in 2019.said the Conservatives' vote share across the three by-elections showed the party was in "as deep an electoral hole as the opinion polls have been suggesting".
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