Rishi Sunak WILL campaign today in Yorkshire - after reports claimed he would 'spend the day at home after shaky start to election'

Rishi Sunak will take the campaign trail back to Yorkshire after completing a whistlestop two-day tour of the four home nations. Rishi Sunak will reportedly spend Saturday at home in meetings with his aides after a shaky start to his election campaign Government minister Andrea Leadsom has become the latest Tory MP to announce they are standing down at the election Michael Gove, 56, announced yesterday that he will also quit Gove announced he would step down at the election despite attending the launch of Sunak's campaign this week Many have predicted a drubbing at the polls for the Conservatives Asked whether Mr Sunak has lots of events planned, he said: 'I don't know what he's got planned but I know he's campaigning in Yorkshire today.' Sir Keir will hammer the message that Labour would never play 'fast and loose' with taxpayer money on a visit to the West Midlands as campaigning for the July 4 vote enters day three Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar launch Scottish Labour's General Election campaign at City Facilities in Glasgow Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves during a visit to Wrights of London cafe in St James's, central London, to discuss the cost of living Mr Johnson said the electorate should 'save this country from socialism' as he threw his weight behind the Conservatives - though failed to mention leader Rishi Sunak by name. Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey eats ice cream on the promenade in Eastbourne, East Sussex, while on the General Election campaign trail Britain's Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Rishi Sunak speaks to journalists on the plane on their way to Staffordshire He was quickly followed by health minister Dame Andrea Leadsom, bringing the total number of Tory MPs not fighting their seats to 78 - a post-war high that exceeds the 72 who quit before Labour's 1997 landslide victory. In a letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak posted on X, the former Commons leader said she had come to the decision after 'careful reflection' but did not go into detail about her reasons for quitting Addressing Mr Sunak, Leadsom said in her statement announcing that she would step down: 'I would like to thank you for your faith in giving me the responsibility as Minister for Start for Life, Primary Care and Public Health' Leadsom has joined a post-war record-breaking exodus of Tory MPs leaving Parliament Other political heavyweights quitting include former Prime Minister Theresa May, ex-Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris.