Outside a rain-soaked Downing Street, Rishi Sunak announced a General Election, May 22
Following months of speculation about when a General Election will be called, the Prime Minister has finally laid out the key dates when MPs will quit working in parliament and begin campaigning - with just six weeks to go until election day.
The Prime Minister confirmed that he went to King Charles today to request that Parliament be dissolved, an ancient and essential step in British democracy that has remained more or less the same since the 1700s. But this also means that soon Parliament will end and any outstanding legislative bills yet to pass, and naturally this is not on the same day as Sunak requested the Dissolution of Parliament.
In a statement, Downing Street said: “The Prime Minister has today asked His Majesty The King to proclaim the Dissolution of Parliament. His Majesty has been graciously pleased to signify that he will comply with this request.
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