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Rishi Sunak has ruled out holding a general election in the spring. Responding to a question about when it would take place, Sunak replied: “My working assumption is we’ll have a general election in the second half of this year.” There had been speculation that the upcoming general election would be held in May. When pressed if he could rule out a May election, he repeated it is his “working assumption” that the election will be held in the second half of the year. “I want to keep going, managing the economy well and cutting people’s taxes. But I also want to keep tackling illegal migration,” …