Rishi Sunak on his way to Belfast

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is on his way to Northern Ireland.

It follows his announcement of a general election for 4 July, earlier this week.

Mr Sunak travelled to England, Scotland and Wales on his first day of election campaigning.

Addressing a distribution centre in Derbyshire, he said he had a "clear plan" for financial stability.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer kicked off his campaign at Gillingham Football Club in Kent where he said a vote for Labour was a vote to "turn the page".

Northern Ireland's political parties set out their stalls on Thursday also.

While some of the party leaders said they had been waiting patiently, others said they were surprised by an election in six weeks time.

In February, Mr Sunak and the then taoiseach (Irish PM) Leo Varadkar visited Stormont to mark the return of power-sharing in Northern Ireland.

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