In Pictures: Sunak aims to sweet talk voters but it’s far from a piece of cake
PA Reporter
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Rishi Sunak handed out Bara Brith cake to the media in Wales today but his campaigning continued to be overshadowed by the scandal around betting allegations.
The Prime Minister faced further questions on gambling by Conservative candidates, failing in his attempts to move on from the scandal during a campaign visit to Wales.
Meanwhile, on a visit north of the border, where he is looking to cement Labour’s resurgence, Sir Keir Starmer rubbished the idea of entering negotiations on another independence referendum if the SNP wins a majority of Scottish seats at the election.
Rishi Sunak sought to move on from the betting row at the Tories’ Welsh manifesto launch (Aaron Chown/PA)
Mr Sunak handed out Bara Brith cake to the media during a visit to a farm shop (Aaron Chown/PA)
The Prime Minister spoke later in the day to staff during the visit on the outskirts of Mold (Aaron Chown/PA)
Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer, left, and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar toured a window supply company in Bathgate, West Lothian (Jane Barlow/PA)
Sir Keir took the opportunity to take a selfie with staff while promoting Labour’s plans to boost jobs and growth across Scotland (Jane Barlow/PA)
Liberal Democrats leader Sir Ed Davey tried his hand at drawing at Harrogate College in Yorkshire while on the campaign trail (Danny Lawson/PA)
While Reform UK leader Nigel Farage played a 2p machine in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex (Joe Giddens/PA)
Elsewhere, Reform UK deputy leader Ben Habib, on the bench, right, and TUV leader Jim Allister, on the bench centre, launched the TUV manifesto at a hotel in Co Antrim (David Young/PA)
And environmental campaigner Feargal Sharkey, centre, met fellow musicians ex-Blur drummer Dave Rowntree, left, and Tom Gray, who founded Gomez – both standing for the Labour Party in the upcoming election – at the Unison annual conference in Brighton, East Sussex (Alan Jones/PA)
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