
Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride insisted on Thursday that Sir Keir Starmer was wrong to accuse the PM of lying over a tax dispute that is rocking the campaign for next month’s election.
"He's completely misplaced, and he shouldn't be doing it at all, frankly,” Mr Stride told Times Radio, insisting that Rishi Sunak’s claim that Labour would raise taxes on UK households by more than £2,000 was “robust”.