General election live: James Cleverly says he has ‘no reason to believe’ cabinet ministers placed bets on date of vote

James Cleverly said he has “no reason to believe” that any cabinet ministers have betted on the election date.

“I am not in any way going to defend people that placed bets on that,” the home secretary told Sky News.

“There is an investigation by the Gambling Commission, and we have been told very, very clearly that we are not to discuss the…