Rishi Sunak is bracing for one of the toughest weeks of his premiership as Tory rebels plot to oust him in anticipation of disastrous local elections results.

A group of restive Conservative MPs have drawn up a “policy blitz” for a potential successor, compounding the Prime Minister’s woes days before his party is expected to suffer heavy losses in the local contests.

Mr Sunak has refused to rule out a July general election, amid speculation he could fire the starting gun early in a bid to avert a leadership battle.

The defection of a Conservative ex-health minister to Labour further upped the pressure on the Tory leader.

Dan Poulter made the shock announcement that he was crossing the floor on Saturday as he accused the Government of “failing” the overstretched NHS.

Mike Graham and Peter Cardwell discuss the situation further.

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