Boris Johnson blamed for Conservative local election losses as Labour and Lib Dems gain I ITV News

Boris Johnson is being blamed by grassroots Tories over big losses at the local elections, with the Liberal Democrats, Labour and the Greens making gains as the results were declared. Labour hailed the 2022 local elections as a “turning point“ for the party after it took from the Conservatives local authorities it has not controlled for decades. Prime Minister Johnson accepted it was a “tough night“ for the Conservatives after Sir Keir Starmer’s party took control of Westminster City Council for the first time since its creation in 1964 and Wandsworth Council for the first time in 44 years.