Mel Stride

Tories blame ‘tax on businesses’ for ‘slowing growth’

Shadow Chancellor Sir Mel Stride blames “a slowing growth picture” on the government “taxing the living daylights out of business” after the rate of GDP growth slowed to 0.3% between April and..

Stride says deportation plan lacks real deterrent

Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride has welcomed the Government’s expansion of its “deport now, appeal later” scheme as a step in the right direction. However, he warned it fails to address the lack of..

Stride backs ban on Palestine Action

Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride has welcomed the decision to proscribe Palestine Action, calling it a terrorist group that has attacked military assets. He said Parliament acted on security service advice..

Sir Mel Stride defends Afghan injunction

Sir Mel Stride defends a super injunction obtained by former defence secretary Ben Wallace to block the reporting a data leak relating to Afghan nationals who supported British forces during the..

Tories accuse government of fuelling inflation

Sir Mel Stride, Shadow Chancellor said ''Putting taxes on businesses, borrowing a lot of money and spending a lot of money has kept inflation higher than it otherwise would have been.'' It comes as UK..

Stride distances himself from Jenrick's claims about Reeves

Mel Stride has appeared to distance himself from Robert Jenrick, who earlier posted a video on social media claiming Rachel Reeves' career as chancellor was "dead". The shadow chancellor adds,..

Shadow Chancellor: I felt very upset seeing tearful Reeves

Mel Stride admits he felt "very upset" seeing a tearful Rachel Reeves sitting opposite him at PMQs in the House of Commons. The shadow chancellor adds that he sent her a message to make sure she was..

Tories: Inflation figures are of government’s making

Shadow Chancellor Sir Mel Stride describes Wednesday’s inflation figures of 3.4% as “pretty disappointing” saying it is “of this government’s making” after putting up National Insurance for..