Rishi Sunak has said the general election result is "not a foregone conclusion", despite "a disappointing" set of local elections for the Tories.
The BBC has spoken to a number of Tory MPs who reflected an increasing pessimism in the party. One senior figure in the party described the next months as "managed decline", and talked of the Conservatives waiting for their fate.
Earlier, Mr Sunak told the Times the local election results "suggest we are heading for a hung parliament with Labour as the largest party" - appearing to concede for the first time that his party could be on course to lose its majority.
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