All news on the topic: Mel Stride MP

Mel Stride has become the second candidate to leave the race to become the new leader of the Conservatives.

Former home secretary got two fewer votes than Mel Stride, while Robert Jenrick leads race to succeed Rishi Sunak

It comes after ministers last month increased the salary threshold for skilled worker visas to £38,700 to help cut legal migration

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

Parents claiming Universal Credit had to spend between 16 and 25 hours a week either in work, with job coaches or searching for work - but this is increasing to a maximum 30 hours

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'