Sunak said he’d asked King Charles III to formally dissolve parliament and the monarch had agreed.
“Now is the moment for Britain to choose its future,” Sunak said, speaking to the media outside No.10 Downing Street on Wednesday afternoon.
“To decide whether we want to build on the progress we have made or risk going back to square one with no plan and no certainty.
”This election will take place at a time when the world is more dangerous than it has been since the end of the Cold War.”
