Triple blow for Boris Johnson as Tories lose two by-elections

UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has suffered a triple blow as the Tories crashed to two by-election defeats, prompting conservative party chairman Oliver Dowden to quit.

The conservatives saw a majority of 24,000, or 40.6%, in the Devon seat of Tiverton and Honiton evaporate a record reverse for the party as the liberal democrats triumphed.

In Wakefield, the Red Wall constituency in west Yorkshire snatched by the conservatives in 2019, it was labour that took victory.

Following the results of the by-elections, Mr Dowden resigned and said they cannot carry on with business as usual.

It was the latest electoral defeat for the prime minister this year after the Tories lost nearly 500 council seats at the start of last month.