What are the key issues set to dominate the General Election campaign?

After months of speculation, Rishi Sunak has called a General Election that many expect Labour to win.

But much can change during a campaign that will be dominated by contentious issues and heated debate across the UK.

Here the PA news agency identifies the main policy battlegrounds and details the positions of the two main parties.

– The dominance of the economy reinforced by the cost-of-living crisis

Following the shock of the Covid-19 pandemic and a cost-of-living crisis so deep and prolonged that relatively well-off households found themselves in financial insecurity, the traditional dominance of economic concerns during general election campaigns will be reinforced this time round.

After a long period of day-to-day spending choices being limited, eroding a sense of freedom and control, voters will be eager to hear political parties’