By Ochogwu Sunday British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that the country will hold a general election on July 4. “I spo...
By Ochogwu Sunday
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that the
country will hold a general election on July 4.
“I spoke with His Majesty the King to request the
dissolution of parliament. The king has granted this request and we will have a
general election on July 4,” Sunak said at 10 Downing Street.
The prime minister’s announcement came after new figures
showed that the country’s inflation rate had fallen sharply to 2.3 per cent,
its lowest level in nearly three years.
The ruling Conservative Party considers this a heartening
achievement.
The prime minister’s five pledges in January 2023 included
halving inflation, which had climbed to above 11 per cent at the end of 2022.
Sunak said the latest figures mark a “major moment for the
economy” and that “brighter days are ahead.”
The Conservatives have been in power for 14 years but have
faced challenges in recent years, ranging from slow economic growth to
political instability, demonstrated by frequent changes of party leadership.
The Tories lag behind their main rival, the Labour Party, in
the latest YouGov polls, NAN reports.
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