Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called a UK general election for 4 July, raising the prospect that for the first time in 14 years it will be a Labour government shaping the business environment for the UK’s tech startup ecosystem.
The date for the 2024 UK general election was confirmed by a rain-soaked Sunak outside 10 Downing Street on Wednesday afternoon, following a frenzied day of Westminster speculation.
The most recent opinion polls give the Labour Party a 22-point lead over the Conservative Party – a similar picture to the past 12 months.
Should Labour translate those numbers into votes at the ballot box, it will form a government in a very different world from when it departed Downing Street in 2010....