UK general election 2024 live: Minister defends ‘deeply patriotic’ Sunak after PM’s decision to abandon D-day events

UK general election 2024 live: Minister defends ‘deeply patriotic’ Sunak after PM’s decision to abandon D-day events

Mel Stride says PM ‘deeply regrets’ decision to leave D-day events and is ‘feeling this personally’

The Labour shadow justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has defended her party from being “changed into the Conservatives”.

Responding to a comment made by Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer during Friday’s seven-way BBC debate that Labour had “changed into the Conservatives”, Mahmood said: “That’s exactly the kind of stuff you’d expect from some of the smaller parties.”

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