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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

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

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

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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)

'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)

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

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

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Sunak ally dismisses speculation PM could quit before polling day

Cabinet minister Mel Stride said Rishi Sunak will ‘absolutely’ lead the party into the General Election on July 4.

Evening Standard

Minister denies Rishi Sunak will quit before general election over D-Day snub

Work and pensions secretary Mel Stride said the prime minister will ‘absolutely’ lead the Conservatives into the election

The Independent UK

‘No tax surprises’ in manifesto, Keir Starmer says – as it happened

Labour leader says party will not be raising income tax, national insurance or VAT

The Guardian - UK

Tories accept £5 million from donor who said Diane Abbott 'should be shot'

THE Conservative Party have accepted another £5 million from Frank Hester, the businessman accused of saying Labour’s Diane Abbott “should…

The National (Scotland)

Rishi Sunak is not a liar, minister Mel Stride insists as Labour tax row heats up

But shadow frontbencher John Healey says the PM is getting ‘more desperate’

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak engulfed in new row over £5m donation from tycoon who made 'racist remark' about Diane Abbott

Labour open a further attack on PM’s ‘integrity’ after tax row, but Tories say they are keeping the money

Evening Standard

Labour and Conservative battlebuses hit the road, but ‘lonely figure’ Sunak seems like a solo traveller

Keir Starmer launched his campaign bus on Saturday with his senior shadow cabinet members, but Tory ‘big beasts’ appeared to have deserted the PM in Redcar

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Evening Standard

Keir Starmer vows to work with Donald Trump if both win power despite guilty verdicts

Rishi Sunak declined to comment on conviction of former US president in hush money trial

Evening Standard

Tories defend 'triple lock plus' pensions campaign promise dubbed 'laughable' by Labour

Mel Stride also insists proposal for national service at age 18 is a ‘great idea’

The Guardian - UK

Minister says Tories will pay for pensions policy by clamping down on tax avoidance

Mel Stride says pensioners will pay more income tax under Labour as critics say plan is merely reversal of previous Tory policy

The Independent UK

DWP under investigation over disability benefit assessments after claimant deaths

Possible sanctions include an unlimited fine if ministers are found to have broken the law

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The Guardian - UK

The Govester goes rogue and veers from history lecture to full-on rant

Giving a keynote speech about antisemitism, the minister let himself show his real self – his nasty self

The Independent UK

Growing calls for Ken Clarke to be stripped of his peerage over infected blood scandal

Damning final report of the official inquiry into the tragedy accused the Tory grandee of ‘indefensible’ actions and ‘misleading’ the public

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak slams 'deeply unhelpful' ICC bid to arrest Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu

But Amnesty hits back to accuse UK of undermining the court and ‘opposing the search for justice’

The Guardian - UK

Infected blood victims to get interim payments of £210,000 within 90 days – as it happened

John Glen, Cabinet Office minister, tells Commons that those infected will be able to claim compensation as well as the estates of those who have died

Evening Standard

Police to look 'very carefully' at corporate manslaughter charges for infected blood scandal, says minister

The Infected Blood Inquiry delivered a damning report into the biggest treatment scandal in NHS history

The Guardian - UK

MPs call for issues leaving carers with huge debts to be fixed ‘without delay’

Committee chair says UK government has known for years about flaws in benefit system and needs to ‘get a grip’

The Independent UK

Ministers urged to act quickly on state pension communication compensation plans

It comes after a Work and Pensions Committee session with campaigners from Women Against State Pension Inequality (Waspi) and the PSHO.

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