In Pictures: Sunak on the ball, Starmer takes tea and Lib Dems build bridges

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak showed off his football skills, Sir Keir Starmer enjoyed a cuppa ahead of his first major speech of the campaign and the Lib Dems sought to bridge the gap in Scotland – just another day on the General Election campaign trail. Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer has a drink with East Worthing and Shoreham parliamentary candidate Tom Rutland, after making his first keynote speech of the campaign (Stefan Rousseau/PA) Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during his visit to Woods of Berkhamsted Garden Centre (Aaron Chown/PA) Mr Sunak opens his arms to supporters at Amersham and Chiltern RFC (Aaron Chown/PA) Ed Davey stands with Scottish party leader Alex Cole-Hamilton" data-title="General Election campaign 2024" data-copyright-holder="PA Wire" data-copyright-notice="PA Wire/PA Images" data-credit="Andrew Milligan" data-usage-terms="" srcset="https://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/587cd2ba76954b8c1b0cc910f8eb785fY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzE2ODkzODQw/2.76348213.jpg?w=320 320w, https://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/587cd2ba76954b8c1b0cc910f8eb785fY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzE2ODkzODQw/2.76348213.jpg?w=640 640w, https://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/587cd2ba76954b8c1b0cc910f8eb785fY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzE2ODkzODQw/2.76348213.jpg?w=1280 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px">Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey stands with Scottish party leader Alex Cole-Hamilton and activists with the Forth rail bridge in the background (Andrew Milligan/PA) Rishi Sunak offered up some high fives while meeting youngsters at Chesham United (Aaron Chown/PA) Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey greets Christine Jardine, parliamentary candidate for Edinburgh West, during their party’s Scottish launch at North Queensferry (Andrew Milligan/PA) Meanwhile, on Sunday Tory campaign volunteers got a thumbs-up from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty during his visit to Stanmore in north-west London (Chris J Ratcliffe/PA) Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey launched his party’s General Election campaign battlebus on Sunday (Jacob King/PA) Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves posed with an autograph hunter as she left BBC Broadcasting House on Sunday (Yui Mok/PA)