Rishi Sunak indicates he wants UK election in second half of year

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suggested he plans to call a UK general election in the fall, as he sought to silence growing calls from opposition parties for a vote in May.
“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,” Sunak told broadcasters on Thursday.Even so, he declined to rule out going to the polls in the spring, meaning speculation is likely to continue in Westminster —…