Cabinet minister rules out summer snap general election after party's dismal local poll results
A Cabinet minister ruled out a snap general election this summer after the Tories suffered dismal results in the local and mayoral elections.
Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride strongly signalled that the general election would now be in the autumn.
Despite voters delivering a damning verdict on the Conservatives in the local and mayoral elections last week, he insisted that “good stuff” was now happening and that the economy was turning the corner.
He highlighted inflation down from 11.1 per
