A day after the General Election was announced, party leaders of all stripes were out on the campaign trail for what is expected to be a tense and busy six weeks until polling day on July 4.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak had arranged to visit all four UK countries while Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer was in Kent with his deputy Angela Rayner, and Sir Ed Davey was pushing the Liberal Democrats’ plans in Gloucestershire.
Former Tory minister Ann Widdecombe was a familiar face at the Reform UK launch while in Scotland new SNP leader John Swinney was making the case for continued support.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meets members of staff at the Vale of Glamorgan Brewery, in Barry, south Wales (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Welsh Secretary David TC Davies takes a photo of Rishi Sunak at the Vale of Glamorgan Brewery, in Barry, where the teetotal Prime Minister made a gaffe by asking if the football this summer would boost sales, despite Wales not qualifying for the Euro 2024 tournament (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Scottish National Party leader John Swinney gives a speech at the launch of the the SNP’s campaign in Edinburgh. Mr Swinney is an MSP so will not be standing for a Westminster seat (Michael Boyd/PA)
Mr Sunak was grabbed for a selfie during an earlier visit to answer questions from workers during a visit to West William Distribution in Ilkeston, Derbyshire (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
