Millions of voters across London and the country are taking part in the general election as the UK decides who will enter Number 10 as Prime Minister on Friday. Polls opened at 7am and voters have until 10pm to have their say. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was the first leader to cast their vote on Thursday morning, arriving with wife Akshata Murty at a polling station in Northallerton, North Yorkshire.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer also cast his ballot in north London with wife Victoria shortly before 10am, while Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey cast his vote around a hour later in south-west London. It comes as a It had Labour falling five points but still with an 18-point lead over the Conservatives. This general election is the Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer and Ed Davey cast their votes Party leaders issue final messages as polls open , Britons have just under an hour and a half to go to cast their votes.
Voters have until 10pm to have their say on who will be their MP and ultimately who will run the country. This general election is the first in the UK that everybody wanting to vote in person will have to show ID before receiving a ballot paper. Find out more about what ID is required .
, A huge pack of dogs were spotted outside one polling station in south London as Britons went to the polls on Thursday morning. Eleven dogs were spotted in leafy Dulwich Village. Hounds have appeared at polling stations wearing bows, rosettes and colourful leads as their owners cast their ballots.
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