Labour leader Keir Starmer accused the Prime Minister of “squatting in Downing Street for months on end” today after Rishi Sunak gave his clearest indication yet that a general election won’t take place in Britain until at least the Autumn.

“My working assumption is that we’ll have a general election in the second half of this year and, in the meantime, I’ve got lots that I want to get on with,” said Sunak, dampening speculation of a May election as he spoke to reporters in Mansfield.