Leaders set out stalls as election year looms

POLITICAL party leaders are set to lay out their stall to voters this week as they mark the start of what is likely to be a general election year.

With 2024 expected to see voters go to the polls to elect a new Westminster government, the first week of January will see a flurry of activity.

Rishi Sunak is expected to tell voters he is on a tax-reducing mission today as he marks the introduction of the National Insurance cut.

The Prime Minister was due to meet people and take questions in the East Midlands during his first public appearance of the year, a No 10 source confirmed to the Press Association.

The source said the Conservative Party leader would be reiterating his belief in "low taxes" and will point to how he has fired the starting gun on cutting taxes, starting with Saturday's reduction in National Insurance.