In Pictures: Sunak on the ball, Starmer takes tea and Lib Dems build bridges
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak showed off his football skills, Sir Keir Starmer enjoyed a cuppa ahead of his first major speech of the campaign and the Lib Dems sought to bridge the gap in Scotland – just another day on the General Election campaign trail.
Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer has a drink with East Worthing and Shoreham parliamentary candidate Tom Rutland, after making his first keynote speech of the campaign (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during his visit to Woods of Berkhamsted Garden Centre (Aaron Chown/PA)
Mr Sunak opens his arms to supporters at Amersham and Chiltern RFC (Aaron Chown/PA)
Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey stands with Scottish party leader Alex Cole-Hamilton and activists with the Forth rail bridge in the background (Andrew Milligan/PA)
Rishi Sunak offered up some high fives while meeting youngsters at Chesham United (Aaron Chown/PA)
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey greets Christine Jardine, parliamentary candidate for Edinburgh West, during their party’s Scottish launch at North Queensferry (Andrew Milligan/PA)
Meanwhile, on Sunday Tory campaign volunteers got a thumbs-up from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty during his visit to Stanmore in north-west London (Chris J Ratcliffe/PA)
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey launched his party’s General Election campaign battlebus on Sunday (Jacob King/PA)
Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves posed with an autograph hunter as she left BBC Broadcasting House on Sunday (Yui Mok/PA)
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