Rishi Sunak waited no time for gunning for Keir Starmer in his election announcement speech
Manifesto launches usually take place between 30 and 20 days out from Polling Day - so likely around the second week of June.
People must register to vote in the constituency where they live if they are not already, with a deadline expected around June 18. If unable to make it to the polling station on Polling Day, you can apply for a postal vote or task someone with voting for you by proxy.THE UK uses the first past the post voting system - which essentially means the candidate with the most votes wins.
This is different to many European countries who use proportional representation systems - where seats are divvied up to parties based on their national vote share.WHICHEVER party leader wins a majority of the 650 Commons seats up for grabs - so 326 - will be asked by the King to form the next government.
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