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Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. rishi sunak has appeared to rule out a spring general election. speaking on a visit to a youth centre in nottinghamshire, the prime minister said his working assumption is that there will be a general elction in the second half of this year. an election has to be held by january 2025. in his own new year speech, the labour leader sir keir starmer said he hoped the new year would give the country a chance to vote out the conservatives. let's go live now to our chief political correspondent, henry zeffman, who's at westminster. the prime ministe...

Worth on average £450 for an average worker, because we have halved inflation and we want to keep managing the economy well and cutting people's taxes. and i want to keep tackling illegal migration. we cut the number of arrivals last year by over a third, but we have got more to do and we plan to get the rwanda scheme through parliament and up and running. so i have got plenty to get on with and that is what i am focusing on doing, delivering for the british people and it is great to be talking to people here in the east midlands about that progress today. just to clarify, you said the second...

Mr sunak said his working assumption is that a poll will be held in the second half of 202a. labour say he's delaying a vote because the tories are unpopular. here's mr sunak earlier. my working assumption is we will have a general election in the second half of this year, and in the meantime i have got lots that i want to get on with. this saturday, we will be introducing a significant tax cut for millions of people in work, worth on average £450 for an average worker, because we have halved inflation and we want to keep managing the economy well and cutting people's taxes. and i also want t...

Crucial question from a reporter. it's a new year — is it also going to be a general election year? yes! so, look, my working assumption is 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. words that grab attention, say something — but commit to nothing. 150 miles away, on a visit to bristol at exactly the same time, we tell keir starmer what rishi sunak has just said. the prime minister is now hinting, without setting a date, that it might be later in the year. squatting in downing street for months on end, dithe...

Hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. you're watching the context on bbc news. i said, look, my working assumption is that we will have an election in the second half of this year, because in the meantime, i have got lots that i want to get on with, and that means cutting people's taxes. squatting in downing street for months on end, differing and ——squatting in downing street for months on end, dithering and delaying when the country wants change. what's he hiding? suggesting that it will be in the second half of the year rather than the first half. why is he doing that? well, he will hope to ea...