Rishi Sunak says ‘working assumption’ is general election in second half of 2024

My working assumption is we’ll have a general election in the second half of this year and in the meantime I’ve got lots that I want to get on with this Saturday we’ll be introducing a significant tax cut for millions of people in work worth on average £450 for

An average worker because we’ve hared inflation we want to keep managing the economy well and cutting people’s taxes and I want to keep tackling illegal migration and we cut the number of arrivals last year by over a third but we’ve got more to do and we want to get

The Rwanda scheme through Parliament and up and running so look I’ve got plenty to get on with and that’s what I’m focused on doing delivering for the British people and it’s great to be talking to people here in the East Midlands about that progress today

Rishi Sunak has said he is working towards a general election in the second half of the year after coming under pressure to call a vote soon.

The Prime Minister said on Thursday it is his “working assumption” that he would not be sending the public to the polls in the spring, as opposition figures have been talking up.

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43 comments
  1. £450 DIVIDE by 52 = £8 a week……… What the feck will £8 buy you? This man is deluded beyond belief… Our tax system is out of control.. the people are pay far too much tax….. Stamp Duty? why do I need to pay the government to move house? IHT why do I need to pay the government when I die? this money should all go to my family as I have already paid tax on the earnings….. and the tax that we do pay is waisted…………..

  2. This bloke cannot even correct the injustice that was given to the postmasters right…. he has it within his power to do this……. shocking…..

  3. At Davos this month Klaus Schwab will had the keys to Downing Street over to Starmer.

    £120,000 per person per vist to the WEF comes with more than a price tag attached.

    For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?
    https://youtu.be/j1n_Cf6pyu4

  4. What, and give the public time to realise their National Insurance giveaway was all just a con and see it wiped out by tax rises in April? Or allow time for the shortages and price-rises that will happen in the spring when standards checks have to be implemented on imports from the EU to be felt? Righty-oh then.

  5. I have voted Tory all my adult life until the last election. The parties jobs for the old school tie mentality, 4PMs in one term, the ban on XL bull dogs, massive expenditure on expenses and the tax dodging second home claiming members means I have completely lost faith in the party… Read the room Sunak call the election and revoke the pensions of the last 6 Prime Ministers.

  6. Haha who does he think he’s kidding, tax isn’t going down it’s going up, migration is going up, proper standards checks are coming in, if the idiot doesn’t go to the polls in may there’ll be nothing left of the Tory party. Here’s hoping.

  7. You need to be out now we sick of this government and bullshit waste of tax payers money and use of army not to protect our shores but to protect family investment when we are at war snd been invaded without a single military intervention where is the British army and our defence of our country

  8. Rishi also says Israel isn’t committing genocide, Russia was unprovoked, vaccines are safe and effective and immigration if not, soon will be under control. Stay tuned for more fairytales from the elf identifying as Prime Minister

  9. Cowardly little worm. He would rather preside over ashes than give the people what they want. Sunak out. Conservinazis out.

  10. Seems a top private school education, apologetic grimace, absolutely loaded wife and posh accent ARE NOT enough to run the country effectively. You would've thought we'd learned after Cameron

  11. Remember when Cons had a coaliywith Lib Dems? By the election reform will be stronger than libs

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