Shadow chancellor to say Hunt’s and Sunak’s message of ‘the plan is working’, does not reflect economic reality
Mel Stride, the work and pensions secretary, said that a “state actor” seemed to be responsible for the Ministry of Defence data hack.
In an interview with GB News, Stride suggested that a foreign government was responsible. But he did not blame China – even there are reports claiming that Beijing has been deemed responsible.
It does appear I think at this stage to be some kind of state actor but let’s wait to find out what we hear.
As to China, we’ve made it very clear in our defence review, in the refresh of that review, that China remains, I think we’ve defined them as an epoch-making challenge to the UK in terms of economic security.
This is a volatile electorate, there are undoubtedly people that we need to win back to the Conservative cause.
I suspect a large number of those people stayed away on election day last Thursday, and it’s down to us now to do absolutely everything we can in a united way as the party to bring back those people to the Conservative fold.
