All news on the topic: Mel Stride MP

Mel Stride has become the second candidate to exit the race for Conservative leader.

Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride was sent out to defend Scottish Secretary Alister Jack, after it was claimed he boasted that he’d won £2,100 betting on the election date

Mel Stride was quickly shut down by Kay Burley live on Sky News after he tried to suggest what questions she should ask Labour shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves later in the show

The Work and Pensions Committee has published a letter highlighting the 'mental distress' experienced by some Carer's Allowance claimants

Charities criticised a plan to axe Personal Independence Payments for some people as they urged the Government to focus on reducing waiting lists for mental health support

Tory Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride said 'normal anxieties of life' are being labelled as an illness. But the charity Mind said his comments risk 'increasing the stigma around mental health'

The new measures would allow DWP investigators to check bank accounts and see whether benefit claimants are misleading them about money they have, such as savings which could make them ineligible to claim

Charities have raised concerns over Tory welfare chief Mel Stride's planned shake-up of work capability assessments. They warn it could 'force people into work when they are not well'