NEW DELHI: Rishi Sunak said he was "fighting hard" for votes after one of his most loyal Cabinet allies said Labour is likely to win “the largest majority any party has ever achieved”.

Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride expressed skepticism about the accuracy of polls predicting a victory for Sir Keir Starmer's party, stating it was "highly unlikely" they were wrong.

In contrast, Sunak argued that such an outcome was not inevitable, emphasising Stride's concerns about the implications of a large, unchecked Labour majority for the public.

Sir Keir accused the Conservatives of exaggerating the possibility of a landslide victory to dissuade potential Labour supporters from voting. The Tory campaign faced another setback just before polling day when The Sun endorsed Labour for the first time since 2005.

Stride, who helped run Sunak’s campaign for the Conservative leadership and has made regular appearances on the TV and radio during the election campaign as the Tories’ spokesman, appeared resigned to a heavy defeat.

Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, he said, "I acknowledge that the current polling trend, which has been consistently stable for some time, suggests that tomorrow we are likely to see the largest majority ever achieved by any party."

Notably, voter intention surveys have suggested a Labour lead of around 20 points. At the same time, massive multilevel regression and poststratification (MRP) studies, which forecast constituency-level results, have consistently indicated a Labour landslide.

Speaking to This Morning, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said, “I’m fighting hard for every vote. Here’s what I’d say, actually, here’s what I’d say.

“We just saw some analysis which showed that just 130,000 people can make a difference in this election. So, everyone watching who thinks, ‘oh, this is all a foregone conclusion’, it’s not.”

Approximately 46.5 million people can vote in this election, casting their ballots in 650 separate constituencies across England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. A party needs 326 seats to form a majority government.