After a day full of speculation Rishi Sunak has announced the UK will go to the polls on 4 July. The prime minister stood outside No 10, getting increasingly wet in steady rain, and promised the electorate he would "fight for every vote", while in the background Things Can Only Get Better by D:Ream was played Rishi Sunak will call general election for July in surprise move – sources UK general election opinion poll tracker: Labour leading as election looms