Rishi Sunak to launch Tory local election campaign amid Waspi women row – UK politics live | Politics

Rishi Sunak is planning to launch the Conservative party’s local election campaign in Derbyshire today.

The party is facing the expectation of poor results on 2 May, due to a combination of the Sunak government’s unpopularity – Labour is broadly 20 points ahead in polling – and that Conservatives performed comparatively well when the same seats were contested in 2021, after the elections were delayed for a year due to Covid restrictions.

Sunak is hoping to push a message about the economy and the finincial situation of…