In Pictures: Sunak, Starmer and stunts during the 2024 general election campaign

Photographers from the PA news agency captured a whole host of incredible images during the 2024 general election campaign.

And perhaps the most memorable of all came at the very start when then prime minister Rishi Sunak, drenched in rain, announced from a wet Downing Street that the UK would go to the polls on July 4.

Mr Sunak’s announcement fired the starting gun for a series of carefully staged set pieces as political leaders traversed the UK in the hope of winning the public’s votes.

Without question though, it was Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey who was the master of the political stunt during the 2024 campaign.

Sir Ed wasn’t the only one having fun, however, as the following images show.

But, despite best efforts, things didn’t always go to plan for the party leaders.