Minister ‘surprised and disappointed’ by Sunak’s D-day

Chris Philp says PM has apologised for not attending commemoration and will be ‘back bouncing around the campaign trail’

Chris Philp, the policing minister, said he was left feeling “surprised and disappointed” on learning Rishi Sunak had left D-day commemorations early, but insisted the prime minister would recover politically from the mistake.

As the row over Sunak’s decision to miss events in Normandy involving other world leaders rumbled into a second week, he is scheduled to resume speaking to journalists in a planned policing-based visit to West Sussex.