Rishi Sunak has announced a general election for 4 July in a statement outside Downing Street - watch and follow live updates and reaction in the Politics Hub.
Rishi Sunak has made the calculation that 4 July is, if not the best election date for the Conservatives, then the least worst.Firstly, he thinks there is a story to tell on the economy - albeit one that is not without peril.Britain is out of recession, while inflation today is statistically within 'normal' levels.Rishi Sunak has made the calculation that 4 July is, if not the best election date for the Conservatives, then the least worst.
But more than that, there was a real - perhaps existential - question about how long Sunak could continue to hold it together.There are revolts in parliament looming - on abortion, on smoking and on shorter prison sentencing. This potentially avoids some of those.He was also facing questions whether he would have to do a reshuffle after Chris Heaton Harris, Northern Ireland Secretary, announced his departure at the next election.
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