Minister concedes Labour on course to win ‘biggest landslide in modern history’

Labour is heading for the biggest “landslide majority” Britain has ever seen, according to one of Rishi Sunak’s closest ministerial allies, as he effectively conceded defeat in Thursday’s general election.

Mel Stride, work and pensions secretary, told the BBC: “I totally accept that where the polls are at the moment means that tomorrow is likely to see the largest Labour landslide majority that this country has ever seen.”

Speaking to Times Radio, Stride urged voters not to give the Labour party a “supermajority”.

“We accept that we are facing up to 10 years of a Labour government,” he said.