Rishi Sunak grilled over election date announcement
Rishi Sunak told the Commons his “working assumption” remains that a general election will take place in the second half of the year, following pressure from Sir Keir Starmer to call a poll. Criticising the Labour leader, the prime minister said: “I must say, I thought that out of everybody he would actually be the most grateful, because he has now actually got time to come up with a plan for Britain.” Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 Violent prisoners released early because the Tories wrecked the criminal justice system.
00:05 Three and a half thousand small boat arrivals already this year because the Tories lost control of the borders.
00:11 The NHS struggling to see people because the Tories broke it.
00:15 Millions paying more on their mortgages. A budget that hit pensioners.
00:19 A £46 billion hole in his sums.
00:23 Why is the Prime Minister so scared to call an election?
00:27 As I said in January, my working assumption is that the election will be in the second half of the year.
00:34 But I must say, I thought that out of everybody he'd actually be the most grateful, Mr Speaker,
00:40 because he's now actually got time to come up with a plan for Britain.
00:44 We're all looking forward to finally seeing it.
00:50 We're ready. Just call it. Just call it.