The Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has ruled out holding a general election in May on the same day as the local elections.
READ MORE: From Windermere, via Wigan, to the cartels of Dubai - how detectives smashed international drugs ring But he said tonight, according to ITV political editor Robert Peston, that a general election won't be held on May 2 when the local elections are. The statement will put paid to mounting speculation in Westminster that the Prime Minister was preparing to call a general election to coincide with the local elections, seeking to reap an advantage at the ballot box from the national insurance cut announced at the Budget.
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