Frontbenchers complain of becoming ‘zombie government’ as voters fail to grasp prime minister’s priorities
Progress on meeting Rishi Sunak’s “five pledges” has privately come under fire from Conservative MPs this week – six months on from his urge to be judged on delivering what he called the “people’s priorities”.
But jitters have extended all the way into Downing Street, with the prime minister’s senior aides traipsing across Whitehall to raise concerns about how the pledges are landing with the public.
