PM and Tory chairman Grant Shapps in clash over fight to save council seats The pair clashed amid fears the party is on course to lose 500 seats The PM 'distinctly unimpressed' after Mr Shapps addressed a Tory meeting David Cameron has clashed with Tory chairman Grant Shapps over campaign plans for next month's local elections amid fears the party is on course to lose 500 seats. A Cabinet source said the Prime Minister had been "distinctly unimpressed" after Mr Shapps addressed a private meeting of Conservative ministers on preparations for the final fortnight of campaigning up to the May 2 poll. Mr Cameron demanded to know why, when he is doing at least half a dozen campaign visits a month, some members of the Government appeared set to do none. Clash: Tory party chairman Grant Shapps, left, and Prime Minister David Cameron, right, have clashed over campaign plans for next month's local election The Prime Minister had asked Grant for a detailed plan but he seemed to be busking it. 'There didn't seem to be a convincing timetable of who would be where when and some Cabinet ministers were down to do absolutely nothing," the source said. However, a source close to the Conservative chairman insisted Mr Cameron's anger had not been directed at Mr Shapps, but at colleagues who were not pulling their weight in the run-up to the elections: "There was displeasure expressed at the whole Cabinet that people weren't getting out there. Optimistic: UKIP party leader Nigel Farage has predicted it will win seats in each of the 34 councils where elections are being held The idea Grant was bawled out is totally disingenuous. Mr Cameron is particularly mindful of the threat from UKIP, which has become a natural home for many disaffected Tory voters and is now hoping to make its first breakthrough in local elections on the back of hugely-improved national poll ratings. UKIP is fielding a record 1,734 candidates, only 22 fewer than the Lib Dems. Party leader Nigel Farage has predicted it will win seats in each of the 34 councils where elections are being held, with the principal aim being to remove Tory councillors. The tensions emerged as Mr Cameron was in Warwickshire for the launch the party's election campaign, delayed by the death and funeral of Baroness Thatcher. He insisted local authorities had a "clear moral imperative" to keep council tax down and the only "real choice" was between the Conservatives and Labour, saying his party would fight for "the services on our streets," "the pound in your pocket" and "the future of our country." The Tories are defending seats last contested in 2009, when Labour was in power and deeply unpopular under Gordon Brown, and are braced for heavy losses.