The Latest Breaking News from Mel Stride

UK election diary: Integrity and accountability? Don’t bet on it

Sometimes Sunak only makes sense if you assume he is actively trying to lose this joyless election

The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2024

And it’s over to Mel Stride. Again. Where are all the other Tories? Ladbrokes?

The work and pensions secretary’s colleagues must be trapped under something heavy because no one but Stride is pulling their weight

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2024

Top Tory Mel Stride admits Labour set for 'massive majority'

Rishi Sunak’s ally says voters should back the Tories to ensure a ‘viable’ opposition

Evening Standard · Jun 26, 2024

Who is Mel Stride - the unlikely poster boy of the Tory election campaign?

The Tory cabinet minister appeared on his fourth media round of the campaign on Tuesday morning

Evening Standard · Jun 11, 2024

Conservative manifesto: Rishi Sunak's gamble on tax cuts 'problematic', think tank says

The Institute for Fiscal Studies says the Tories are ruling out council tax and capital gains tax changes when ‘frankly there needs to reform’

Evening Standard · Jun 11, 2024

Rishi Sunak accused of being ‘in hiding’ after disastrous D-Day gaffe

After a senior minister was forced to deny he is considering quitting before the general election, Labour pointed to the fact the PM has not faced the media in more than 48 hours

The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2024

Nigel Farage accused of 'dog whistle' over 'our culture' attack on Rishi Sunak

Nigel Farage is facing claims of using “dog whistle” tactics by suggesting Rishi Sunak does not understand “our culture”.

The National (Scotland) · Jun 9, 2024

'No question': Rishi Sunak ally dismisses claims PM could quit before polling day

A CABINET minister has insisted all is not yet lost for the Tories as he quashed speculation Rishi Sunak could quit before the July 4 election ...

The National (Scotland) · Jun 9, 2024

Mel strides out to bat for Rish! after PM’s shortest day in Normandy

‘He didn’t run away,’ said the minister, but that’s precisely what Sunak did. He cared so much, he couldn’t be bothered to stay

The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2024

Sunak will ‘absolutely’ remain Tory leader despite D-day blunder, ally says

Cabinet minister Mel Stride says PM ‘deeply regrets’ early exit from 80th-anniversary commemoration in Normandy

The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2024