The bigger picture: Sunak heads into the election not only far behind the Labour Party in the polls (about 20 percentage points) but also somewhat isolated from some in his party, increasingly dependent on a small team of advisers to steer him through the campaign.
Rishi Sunak’s Conservative party are behind Labour in opinion polls.
The key quote: “Over the next few weeks, I will fight for every vote, I will earn your trust and I will prove to you that only a Conservative government led by me will not put our hard-earned economic stability at risk,” Sunak said, describing the choice as one between stability with him and the unknown with Labour leader Keir Starmer.
What else to know: Labour has accused the government of 14 years of economic mismanagement, leaving people worse off.