Election date set as 4 July(4 July) 

London: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday set the date of the general election as 4 July. (4 July)  This ended months of speculation and gloomy forecasts about the expected defeat of the government. After being appointed leader of the largest party in Parliament by Conservative MPs in October 2022, 44-year-old Rishi Sunak will face the public for the first time as the party in charge.
This third election since the Brexit referendum in 2016 is going to be held when Sunak wants to take advantage of better economic data to woo voters affected by the rising cost of living.
Halving inflation within a year from the historic high of more than 11 percent at the end of 2022 was one of the five major resolutions of former financier Sunak. This happened last year and rates fell to a nearly three-year low of 2.3 per cent in March. Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt declared, “This is proof that the plan is working.”

King Charles accepts request to dissolve Parliament

In a statement issued in Downing Street on Wednesday after Rishi Sunak gathered his key ministers, he said he had spoken to the head of state, King Charles III, and requested a dissolution of Parliament.

“King Charles has accepted this request and we will have a general election on July 4,” he said. He said, “Now it is time for Britain to choose its future.”

Political commentators have said Sunak is lagging badly in the polls from the main opposition Labour Party. But critics say this has more to do with changes in the global economy than government policy. Sunak had earlier denied all speculation about setting an election date, saying only that he would visit the country in the second half of this year.

Speculation was reignited on Wednesday after Sunak and his key officials denied fresh talk that he was set to call an election based on more positive data. The rumours intensified when Foreign Secretary David Cameron was recalled from a trip to Albania and Defence Secretary Grant Shapps delayed a trip to eastern Europe to attend a cabinet meeting.