Keir Starmer welcomed the prime minister"s announcement that UK general elections will be held on the 4 July, at a press conference on Wednesday. Starmer told reporters: "A vote for Labour is a vote for stability, economic and political, a politics that treads more lightly on all our lives. A vote to stop the chaos" Rishi Sunak takes gamble by calling UK general election for 4 July UK’s summer election: what effect will the timing have on voters? General election 2024: Rishi Sunak calls vote for 4 July – UK politics live