8 May 2024, 10:31

Ex-immigration minister Robert Jenrick said Conservative voters were 'on strike'

By EJ Ward

Former immigration minister Robert Jenrick said Conservative voters were "on strike" and needed Rishi Sunak's government to be honest about the mistakes that have been made.

Speaking to LBC's Nick Ferrari at Breakfast, Mr Jenrick said there needed to be "some introspection" following the "very bad results" in the local elections.

Mr Jenrick, who has produced a paper on measures to curb net migration, told LBC: "What I've tried to set out are a series of policies that could be implemented before the general election, such as what I'm saying today on legal migration, which would convince some of those Conservative voters - who are essentially on strike - to come back and support the party at the general election.

"And also to persuade some of those voters who are considering voting Reform that we do care about the issues that they do, which are principally immigration, but also on crime, on extremism and on lower taxes.

"And if we can do that, I think we can persuade more of those former Conservative voters to come back and to support us.

"But that will require honesty, it requires levelling with the public about the mistakes of the past and using........

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