Former chancellor George Osbourne hinted at the possible date of at UK general election, saying he was ‘pretty certain’ Rishi Sunak was aiming to conduct polls on Nov 14. Speaking to former shadow chancellor and Strictly Come Dancing contestant Ed Balls, Osbourne said: ‘I mean, this pretence that Rishi Sunak could have a May election was something we discussed last year. It’s a non-starter.’
He added: ‘So then you’re left with the autumn. And you’re probably thinking: ‘I know, we’ll have the party conference as a kind of launch pad. We’ll fit in an autumn statement, like a mini-budget, either before that or immediately after it.’ And that kind of leads you into mid-November. So 14 November kind of writes itself’
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