Conservatives on course to lose 1,000 seats at local elections, party chairman says The Conservative Party is on course to lose

Key Highlights :

1. The Tories are on course to lose 1,000 councillors at next month’s local elections;

2. Cabinet Minister Greg Hands desperately tried to manage expectations in the run-up to polling day on May 4;

3. Analysts believe the Tories could be stripped of hundreds of seats in ballots across the country as the cost-of-living crisis and a wave of public sector strikes grip the nation;

4. The Tories are also facing pressure to review their recycling policy after announcing it would be put on hold due to fears it would harm their electoral chances.

     Cabinet Minister Greg Hands made the startling admission three weeks before voters go to the polls in ballots widely expected to give the Conservatives a kicking. In an interview with The Sunday Times, Hands said he would resign from his position if the Conservatives lose the General Election on 8th May.

     Hands said he could not in good conscience continue to serve if the Conservatives lose and he is widely seen as the party's most vulnerable MP. He said he had been "betrayed" by the Conservatives' policies on the economy, welfare reform and Europe.

     Hands's comments come as opinion polls show the Conservatives trailing Labour by up to 20 points. The Tories are hoping to shore up their position by winning back seats in the North East of England, where they have been losing ground to the Labour Party.

     The Conservative Party has been in power since 2010, but has seen its support decline in recent years. The General Election is the first in which the public will have the opportunity to vote on the UK's membership of the European Union.

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