Minister rejects suggestion Sunak ‘taking the day off’ amid campaign in Yorkshire

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has insisted he is in ‘high spirits’ as campaigning got under way (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

A minister has dismissed suggestions that Rishi Sunak is “taking the day off” as the British prime minister campaigned in his constituency on Saturday morning.

Mr Sunak met local veterans in Yorkshire at the start of the weekend after completing a whistlestop two-day tour of the UK on Friday, though his plans for rest of the day had been unclear.