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| Theresa May's chief of staff Gavin Barwell: Austerity and Brexit cost us | Theresa May's chief of staff Gavin Barwell: Austerity and Brexit cost us |
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| Anger over Brexit and austerity caused the Tories to lose seats, Theresa May's new chief of staff has told the BBC. | Anger over Brexit and austerity caused the Tories to lose seats, Theresa May's new chief of staff has told the BBC. |
| Gavin Barwell, who lost his Croydon Central seat but has since taken a key role in Downing Street, said Labour had "tapped into" concerns about the impact of years of public sector pay freezes. | Gavin Barwell, who lost his Croydon Central seat but has since taken a key role in Downing Street, said Labour had "tapped into" concerns about the impact of years of public sector pay freezes. |
| Speaking before his latest appointment he told Panorama his party must do more to listen to Remain voters' concerns. | |
| The Tories won 42.4% of the vote but Theresa May lost her overall majority. | The Tories won 42.4% of the vote but Theresa May lost her overall majority. |
| The party's failure to win outright after Mrs May's decision to call a snap election has led to recriminations and calls for the prime minister - who is seeking to form a minority government with the support of the Democratic Unionist Party - to step down. | The party's failure to win outright after Mrs May's decision to call a snap election has led to recriminations and calls for the prime minister - who is seeking to form a minority government with the support of the Democratic Unionist Party - to step down. |
| The prime minister will address backbench MPs later after reshuffling her cabinet in an attempt to shore up her position - and has won the backing of senior colleagues such as David Davis, Boris Johnson and Amber Rudd. | The prime minister will address backbench MPs later after reshuffling her cabinet in an attempt to shore up her position - and has won the backing of senior colleagues such as David Davis, Boris Johnson and Amber Rudd. |
| Mr Barwell lost his marginal seat by more than 5,000 votes as Labour saw its vote increase by 10%. Jeremy Corbyn's party enjoyed a surge in support across the capital, where it picked up a number of seats, although it still ended up with 56 fewer seats across the UK than the Conservatives. | Mr Barwell lost his marginal seat by more than 5,000 votes as Labour saw its vote increase by 10%. Jeremy Corbyn's party enjoyed a surge in support across the capital, where it picked up a number of seats, although it still ended up with 56 fewer seats across the UK than the Conservatives. |
| Speaking to Panorama, in a special edition to be broadcast at 20:30 BST, Mr Barwell told the BBC's Nick Robinson that his party must learn the lessons of what had happened. | Speaking to Panorama, in a special edition to be broadcast at 20:30 BST, Mr Barwell told the BBC's Nick Robinson that his party must learn the lessons of what had happened. |
| "There's a conversation I particularly remember with a teacher who had voted for me in 2010 and 2015 and said 'you know I understand the need for a pay freeze for a few years to deal with the deficit but you're now asking for that to go on potentially for 10 or 11 years and that's too much'. | "There's a conversation I particularly remember with a teacher who had voted for me in 2010 and 2015 and said 'you know I understand the need for a pay freeze for a few years to deal with the deficit but you're now asking for that to go on potentially for 10 or 11 years and that's too much'. |
| "That is something that Jeremy Corbyn was able to tap into." | "That is something that Jeremy Corbyn was able to tap into." |
| On Brexit, he said that there was evidence that "angry" Remain voters had abandoned the Conservatives. | On Brexit, he said that there was evidence that "angry" Remain voters had abandoned the Conservatives. |
| "We are very clear in my seat, that the area of the constituency where Labour did best was the area that had voted heavily for remain… So there's clearly evidence, I think, that people are angry about Brexit still, Jeremy Corbyn somehow managed to get them behind him." | "We are very clear in my seat, that the area of the constituency where Labour did best was the area that had voted heavily for remain… So there's clearly evidence, I think, that people are angry about Brexit still, Jeremy Corbyn somehow managed to get them behind him." |
| He added: "We do need to make sure that people that are Conservative-minded that voted Remain in the referendum are happy to continue supporting our party." | He added: "We do need to make sure that people that are Conservative-minded that voted Remain in the referendum are happy to continue supporting our party." |
| Mr Barwell has replaced Mrs May's previous aides Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill who quit in the wake of the election amid concerns among MPs about the PM's leadership style. | |
| Panorama: Election 2017 - What Just Happened? is on BBC1 at 20:30 BST |