Suella Braverman has said the Conservatives have run out of time to oust Rishi Sunak but he needs to “own this and fix it”, after local election results indicated the UK is heading for a Labour government. As Rowena Mason reports, the former home secretary said Sunak’s “plan is not working” and the prime minister needed to change course, as “at this rate we will be lucky to have any Conservative MPs at the next election”. Braverman spoke out after the Conservatives lost 400 council seats in the local elections, as well as Andy Street as the West Midlands mayor, and 10 police and crime commissioners. Street has called for the Conservatives to move to the centre to address voters’ concerns, while others have warned the party is facing more of a challenge on their left flank than the right. (See 7.55am.) The Rwandan government cannot guarantee how many migrants it will take from the UK under Rishi Sunak’s flagship deportation scheme, PA Media reports. But Yolande Makolo, a spokeswoman for the east African state, told the BBC this morning that Rwanda would be able to welcome more than 200 migrants initially. Asked by the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg if Rwanda would be able to process tens of thousands of migrants as part of the deal, Makolo said: We will be able to welcome the migrants that the UK sends over the lifetime of this partnership. What I cannot tell you is how many thousands we are taking in the first year or the second year. This will depend on very many factors that are being worked out right now. John Swinney, who is the leading, and so far only, candidate to replace Humza Yousaf as SNP leader and Scottish first minister, has urged a party activist who is not an MSP to drop plans to trigger a contest. It is reported that Graeme McCormick believes it is very likely that he will be able to collect the nomination he needs to be a candidate before tomorrow’s deadline. Swinney said having a contest would “delay the possibility for the SNP to start its rebuilding”. Swinney does not seem to think there is any risk of McCormick winning. (See 3.09pm.)