The UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced a July 4 general election in a statement outside Downing Street.
After discussing the Covid pandemic, the furlough scheme, and the war in Ukraine, he said the question is “who do you trust?”
Sunak said he’s proud of what his government has achieved, including on NHS spending and education.
The PM revealed the date in a rain-soaked Downing Street speech, as Labour’s 1997 election anthem ‘Things Can Only Get Better’ blared from a nearby street.
And he said with “patience and determination” there is “so much pride and potential to unlock” in the UK.
What happens next in parliament?
Prime minister Rishi Sunak has confirmed parliament will now be prorogued, or closed for business at the end of this week.
That means there is just one, or possibly one-and-a-half, days of what’s known as “wash-up”, which is when the government can try to get Bills through in backroom deals before the official business session ends.
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