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 ...
Mel Stride, one of the Prime Minister’s closest allies, said there is “no question” Sunak will lead the Conservatives into polling dayMel Stride, one of the Prime Minister’s closest allies, said there is “no question” Sunak will lead the Conservatives into polling day, following speculation he could quit in the wake of the D-Day debacle.
The Work and Pensions Secretary told Sky News that Labour hopes to “drift across the line almost without anybody noticing”. “I think he will be feeling this personally, very deeply, because he’s a deeply patriotic person. He will be deeply uncomfortable with what has happened.” Keir Starmer told reporters in Essex: “We will not be raising taxes on working people. That means we won’t be raising income tax, national insurance or VAT.
“What we do need to do, just to take up the challenge that’s been put to us, is, we do need to grow the economy,” he said. “We do need to make sure that the economy and living standards across the whole country are growing and that’s why step one in government, if we get to serve our country, will be to stabilise and grow our economy.”
“It would be irresponsible for me from Opposition, without seeing the data about the number of offenders that have been released or having all of that information, to make those decisions now.”We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. We’ve got the most informed readers in Scotland, asking each other the big questions about the future of our country.
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