‘He’s clinging on, holed up in Downing Street’ – Lib Dems try to push Sunak into election with no-confidence vote

UK prime minister had said he wouldn’t be going to the polls until second half of the year

UK prime minister Rishi Sunak speaks to the media yesterday during a visit to OmNom, a restaurant and community centre in north London. Photo: PA

Archie Mitchell
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The Liberal Democrats will try to force Rishi Sunak into calling a June general election by tabling a motion of no confidence in the UK government today.

The party’s leader Ed Davey will table the motion as soon as parliament returns after a brutal set of local elections for the Conservatives.