Prime Minister, announces 2024 UK general election | What is a general election? Newsround

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced that the next UK general election will be held on 4 July.
He made the announcement in a press conference outside 10 Downing Street on Wednesday afternoon.
Parliament will be dissolved on Thursday 30 May and the current Members of Parliament go back to being ordinary members of the public and many have to try to get elected again.
A general election is when adults vote for who they want to represent them in the UK parliament.
Read on to find out how general elections work in the United Kingdom.
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