Local elections: Tory MPs say Boris Johnson has questions to answer

Conservatives down 122 seats with just over half the results for England declared, and Labour up 35

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Conservative MPs and council leaders have said Boris Johnson has questions to answer" after the Tories lost flagship London boroughs to Labour and southern strongholds to the Lib Dems.

With many results still to come, including in Scotland, the Tories suffered serious losses but there was a mixed picture for Labour, which performed strongly in London and Cumbria but otherwise made only modest gains outside the capital.