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...Mel Stride, work and pensions secretary and a close ally of Sunak, said Williamson’s alleged comments were “utterly unacceptable”....
...Allies Steve Barclay and Mel Stride are appointed health secretary and work and pensions secretary, respectively. ...
...Meanwhile, allies of former chancellor Rishi Sunak, including Commons Treasury select committee chair Mel Stride and former City minister John Glen, have urged their supporters to keep a low profile....
...Mel Stride, Tory chair of the Commons Treasury committee, said: “One thing is for sure — it would be wise to take stock of how through time the markets weigh up recent economic announcements rather than...
...Mel Stride, Tory chair of the Commons Treasury committee, said chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng should engineer “a clear change in tack rather than just coming up with other measures that try to square the fiscal...
...Mel Stride, Tory chair of the Commons Treasury committee, said he could not understand why Kwarteng promised “more to come” on tax cuts, even as markets recoiled from the borrowing required to fund the first...
...Mel Stride MP, who chairs the Treasury committee and is a Sunak supporter, said Truss would be “flying blind” if she took measures to support households without a forecast from the OBR to ensure her plans...
...Mel Stride, Tory chair of the Commons treasury committee, said the crucial assessment should be published before the end of October....
...Mel Stride, the former Treasury minister and a key member of Sunak’s campaign team, said “anyone thinking that this will be a coronation should think again.”...
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...The third senior Sunak ally likely to receive a significant role is Mel Stride, chair of the Treasury select committee....
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...One of them, Michael Gove, sat down with Seb Payne for Lunch with the FT, while another, Mel Stride, has written for our opinion pages about how Kwasi Kwarteng can “reset” his economic plan....
...And lo: over at the Treasury, John Glen, a longtime Sunak ally, is chief secretary, while Mel Stride, another potential Sunak chancellor, is at the DWP. But there’s a big risk here....
...this is surprising: Sir Keir Starmer has successfully drained much of the fear factor from the Labour party, though he has yet to build up a headwind of enthusiasm behind his party (good column by Seb Payne...
...In a statement issued by the Treasury, Kwarteng in effect acknowledged that he had left the markets “flying blind” — in the words of Tory Treasury committee chair Mel Stride — by not publishing any forecasts...
Commons committees prepare to call former PM and chancellor amid Labour accusations of ‘sleaze’
...Mel Clarke was in an abusive relationship for 15 years, suffering mental, physical and emotional violence. Being indoors with her abuser was “absolute hell”....
...Several prominent select committee chairs from the last parliament were also re-elected by MPs, including Conservative Tom Tugendhat on foreign affairs and Mel Stride on Treasury, plus Labour’s Yvette Cooper...
...In his previous role, Mr Stride was often sent out to defend controversial government policies, which officials announced with the battle cry “unshell the Mel”....
...Michael Gove, the Brexiter education secretary, also unveiled two prominent backers: Nicky Morgan, former education secretary and leader of the influential One Nation group of centrist Tories, and Mel Stride...
...Before she left Downing Street, Mrs May carried out a cabinet reshuffle, promoting Treasury minister Mel Stride to replace Mrs Leadsom, the 36th minister to quit during the prime minister’s reign....
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