Ten cabinet ministers would lose seats at general election – new poll

Liz Truss as Prime Minister 'isn't tenable any longer' says MP

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Around 10 cabinet ministers including Jacob Rees-Mogg, Thérèse Coffey, Jeremy Hunt and Simon Clarke, would all lose their seats in a general election, a new poll has shown. The poll, conducted by Opinium from 26 to 30 September, suggested that Labour would be on course for a 1997-style landslide victory. Multiple polls since then have shown that support for the Conservative Party has continued to deteriorate.

Opinium’s poll, conducted using the MRP method using a sample of more than 10,000 people, suggested the Conservatives would lose 219 seats.

This would leave them with 137 seats. The Liberal Democrats would win 39 seats, while the SNP would take 37.

It projected a vote share for Labour of 43 percent, Conservatives at 28 percent, the Lib Dems at 13 percent, Green at 7 percent and SNP at 4 percent.

The Conservatives would lose all 45 of the so-called red wall seats in the north of England.

Among those who have been predicted to lose their seats are Jeremy Hunt, the new Chancellor, Simon Clarke, the levelling up secretary, Jacob Rees-Mogg, the business secretary, Thérèse Coffey, the health secretary and deputy prime minister and Anne-Marie Trevelyan, the transport secretary.

Work and pensions secretary Chloe Smith, Cop26 President Alok Sharma, Tory party chair Jake Berry and Wales Secretary Robert Buckland would also lose their seats.

Kwasi Kwarteng’s Surrey constituency, which was previously a safe Conservative seat, was shown to be on a knife edge, with 37 percent support for the Conservatives compared with 36 percent for Labour.

Boris Johnson, the former Prime Minister, is also on course to lose his seat, according to the poll.

This comes as Liz Truss, who has only been in office for 47 days, has seen plummeting approval ratings.

The Prime Minister has faced numerous calls to resign from within her own party.

Tory MPs Crispin Blunt, Andrew Bridgen and Jamie Wallis have all publicly stated they believe she should resign.

More than 100 MPs are reportedly ready to submit letters of no confidence in the Prime Minister.

Ms Truss is set to meet her cabinet and with moderate Tories in the One Nation group this evening in a bid to save her premiership.

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No 10 sources said Ms Truss “recognises the next 24 to 48 hours” are critical for her political survival.

This morning, Ms Truss’ new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced that almost all of the measures announced in her September mini budget will be reversed.

The basic rate of income tax will remain at 20p indefinitely – instead of being reduced to 19p.

Meanwhile, the cap on energy bills is guaranteed until April next year, but will then be reviewed.

In his address at 11am today, Mr Hunt said: “As I promised at the weekend, our priority in making the difficult decisions that lie ahead will always be the most vulnerable and I remain extremely confident about the UK’s long-term economic prospects as we deliver our mission to go for growth.”

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer accused Ms Truss of being “in office but not in power”, meanwhile an ally of Mr Hunt was quoted over the weekend saying he could be seen as the “chief executive” while she was the “chairman”.

But the Prime Minister’s official spokesman insisted she was still in charge, adding: “She has been working closely with her Chancellor over the weekend to agree this approach.”

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