Uh oh. The Prime Minister hasn’t been back from Easter recess for one full day yet and he’s already facing bad news. In the latest poll of Tory party members by ConservativeHome, Rishi Sunak’s net satisfaction rating has dropped to a new low of, er, -27.7. In fact, Sunak is the least popular member of his entire cabinet — with the exception of illegal migration minister Michael Tomlinson. It’s not exactly a record to boast about…

Sunak’s score has dropped by 4.6 points since last month, and by just under 10 since February. There are now 12 ministers with negative overall ratings — and the scores at the top of the chart are hardly anything to get excited about. Up top is Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch, with a rating of 56.2. While it’s a result Sunak might envy, it should be noted that Badenoch has previously scored in the sixties and seventies. And, to twist the knife a little more, two of Sunak’s rivals from the 2022 Tory leadership contest, Penny Mordaunt and Tom Tugendhat, have also made the top five. Ouch.

Today’s reminder that Sunak is suffering a popularity problem among his own party membership won’t be welcomed, particularly as the local election date looms large on the horizon with the Tories concerned about a possible wipeout in the May polls. And the Prime Minister has his work cut out this week too: the Rwanda bill ping pong continues this afternoon while Sunak may see a number of his own party vote against his smoking ban plan at its second reading on Tuesday. And, to add insult to injury, there’s a lot of media fanfare surrounding his predecessor’s new book Ten Ways to Save the West. Not always entirely complimentary about the current Conservative party, in an exclusive interview Truss tells The Spectator that if her policies had stayed in place, Britain would be in a better state now. Burn…