A defiant Boris Johnson is believed to be planning a government 'reset' before summer after the 'tough night' of local elections.
He added: "That is what we are focused on."
Labour also seized Barnet, in north London, and Southampton, while West Oxfordshire and Worcester went to no overall control. Furious local Conservative leaders have already been turning on the Prime Minister, ordering Mr Johnson to "look in the mirror" and consider whether he should stay. However David Simmonds, the Tory MP for neighbouring Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner, said the issue of lockdown rule-breaking in Downing Street had kept coming up on the doorstep.
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