Work and pensions secretary Mel Stride suggests mental health culture ‘has gone too far’ – UK politics live

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Vine repeats his claim that Starmer has a record of ditching difficult policies. He mentions a ceasefire in Gaza, the two-child benefit cap, what happened with the Rochdale candidate, his stance on Margaret Thatcher.

Starmer does not accept Vine’s point. He starts with Gaza, and says that after the 7 October attack, telling Israel not to use force to get its hostages back was not something any serious politican was going to say.