![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/rishi-sunak-hints-at-later-general-election-saying-ive-got-a-lot-to-get-on-with/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/image-81.png&description=TO THE POLLS Published : 9:48, 2 Aug 2023 Updated : 9:52, 2 Aug 2023 RISHI Sunak today hinted an election could still be some way off - as he insisted: "I've got a lot to get on with". The PM has to go to the polls before January 2025 under the law, but looks set to wait longer. 1 Rishi Sunak suggested today he might wait longer before going to the polls He insisted today he wants to get on with making more progress on delivering his five priorities first before going to the people. When grilled by LBC this morning he said: "That'll be announced in the normal way. "I've got five priorities, I'm keen to deliver those for the country." When pushed on whether that would be the first half of 2024, he replied: "I wouldn't like to speculate - I've got a lot to get on with." In a public grilling today he: Stuck by his plans to dish out hundreds of new oil and gas licences in the North Sea Revealed he's off on holiday to California today - taking his kids to Disneyland Vowed to stop at nothing to stop the boats in the face of huge defiance from Labour, leftie lawyers and others Suggested people should extend their mortgages to longer terms in order to keep their homes The PM has promised to stop the boats, halve inflation, cut waiting lists, and grow the economy - but is struggling to make much progress on any of them. 14,000 small boats have come to the UK so far this year, waiting lists are up to 7.9million people, and inflation is still stubbornly high. The Bank of England is set to raise interest rates for the 14th time in a row tomorrow in a bid to try and squash it down. The PM suggested people struggling with huge spiralling mortgage hikes should speak to their bank first - and suggested that paying it off later would save people from losing their homes.){kind=link}
RISHI Sunak today hinted an election could still be some way off – as he insisted: “I’ve got a lot to get on with”.
The PM has to go to the polls before January 2025 under the law, but looks set to wait longer.
He insisted today he wants to get on with making more progress on delivering his five priorities first before going to the people.
When grilled by LBC this morning he said: “That’ll be announced in the normal way.
“I’ve got five priorities, I’m keen to deliver those for the country.”