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PM To Deliver Statement @1740GMT, Not Set To Call Election

UK

Headlines crossing wires saying that PM Rishi Sunak is set to deliver a statement outside 10 Downing St at 1740GMT (1240ET, 1840CET). Initial thoughts may have turned to speculation that Sunak may offer a date for, or even call a general election. However, this has been swiftly quashed with a number out outlets saying the statement is not related to that matter. Carl Dinnen at ITV News posts on X: "No10 say he will be talking about the need to protect democratic processes [after] events in Parliament last week. Sources say he is NOT, this evening, calling an election."

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