Sir Mel Stride has issued a warning to any Conservative colleagues plotting leadership challenges, urging them not to risk derailing the party just as he says it is starting to get back on track.
On the eve of the party conference, the shadow chancellor has told The Independent that voters “will never forgive” the Tories if they return to “self-indulgent” leadership contests again – less than a year after Kemi Badenoch was elected leader.
