UK general election to be held on July 4: Rishi Sonik

British Prime Minister Rishi Sonak has announced on Wednesday that the general elections in the country will be held on July 4.

All the rumors regarding the election that had been circulating for months were put to rest when Rishi Sonik, standing in the rain outside Downing Street, said he was announcing the election earlier than expected.

This decision has been taken following Prime Minister Rishi Sonak’s meeting with his cabinet members.

According to the Reuters news agency, Rishi Sonik says that “this is the moment for British citizens to choose their future.”

Rishi Sonik said: ‘For the next few weeks I will work for every vote, I will win your trust and I will prove that a Conservative government under my leadership alone has not put our struggling economy at risk. will.’

It will be the first time Sonic, 44, has faced the public as prime minister since he was appointed leader of parliament’s largest party in an internal Conservative vote in October 2022, according to the AFP news agency. are

In the third election since the Brexit referendum in 2016, Sonic will try to capitalize on better economic data to woo voters affected by rising living costs.

This section contains related reference points (Related Nodes field).

Halving historical inflation above 11 percent at the end of 2022 was one of the former finance minister’s five key promises last year.

Inflation fell to a three-year low of around 2.3 percent on Wednesday, with Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt boasting that it was ‘proof that his plan is working.’

Political observers believe Sonic, who is trailing the main opposition Labor Party in the polls, may be trying to gain popularity with this approach.

But critics say it has more to do with changes in the global economy than government policy.

Prime Minister Sonak had earlier refrained from announcing a specific date for the elections, saying only that they would go to the people in the second half of this year.