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For the third full day, party leaders will again be criss-crossing the country as part of a six-week election campaign that will culminate on 4 July. Treasury minister Bim Afolami has denied that Rishi Sunak is "taking the day off" from campaigning amid reports that the prime minister was taking a step back from partaking in public events.
Today's Bank Holiday weekend will start with Rishi Sunak visiting the north-east after the prime minister completed a whistle-stop tour of the four home nations over the last two days. "It's not right. He's going to be campaigning in Yorkshire," he tells Sky News.
Meanwhile, Labour leader Keir Starmer will be heading to the West Midlands to kick off the first weekend of campaigning where he is expected to focus on the cost-of-living crisis. When asked for specifics about what Sunak had planned for the day, including what events he would be attending, Afolami replied by saying: "I don't know what he's got planned but I know he's campaigning in Yorkshire today."
His shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, will be picking up this same topic when she meets with supermarket staff in London later this morning. The Guardian reported earlier that Sunak would retreat from the campaign trail today and spend the day at home in his constituency and in London.
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