A few snippets of news quotes

Ukraine and Moldova have both been granted EU candidate status, President of the European Council Charles Michel has announced.

• Tory MP Sir Roger Gale, who has long called for Boris Johnson to go, said these results were “another vote of no-confidence in a prime minister that ought to honourably this morning be re-considering his position”.

Scale of defeat may have shifted Tory view of Johnson

Panic spreads through Conservatives in wake of defeat

There has been silence from the prime minister’s camp so far this morning.

Has Boris Johnson become an electoral liability?

In his letter to the prime minister, Oliver Dowden says the outcomes of the by-elections are "the latest in a run of very poor results for our party".

Ex-Tory adviser predicts 'a lot of soul searching' in party

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