To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has refused to rule out a snap general election as rumours fly around Westminster. Speculation has been rife today after the Office for National Statistics said inflation had slowed from 3.2% in March to 2.3%. The Conservatives still lag far behind Labour nationally, with some polls putting the opposition as much as 30 points in the lead.
But some believe he may be willing to gamble that today’s economic news is positive enough for him to convince voters they should vote the Tories into power for a fifth election in a row. At Prime Minister’s Questions today, SNP leader Stephen Flynn said: ‘Speculation is rife, so I think the public deserve a clear answer to a simple question.
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