Stride criticises Logan's defection, says Labour lacks plan
Mel Stride, the Work and Pensions Secretary, described Mark Logan’s defection to Labour as "sad." However, he emphasised that Mr Logan’s letter explaining his decision did not mention any policies that attracted him to Labour. Stride argued that this is indicative of a Labour Party that "frankly has no plan." Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 Well, it's always sad to lose a colleague, but I thought it was very telling that in the letter that Mark wrote to explain his decision,
00:06 there was no reference to any specific Labour policy or approach that had attracted him.
00:11 And I think that's what lies clearly at the heart of the campaign.
00:15 You have a government that has taken us through some of the toughest times through Covid,
00:20 through getting inflation down as a result of the Ukraine war.
00:24 We've got growth going, we've got the fastest growth actually in the last quarter of any country in the G7, the joint fastest.
00:31 And we can build on that.
00:32 And then you've got a Labour party that frankly has no plan, has no specific things that really add up to offer the UK electorate.
00:41 And I think that's what we're going to see play out in the weeks ahead.