With collapsing public services, a cost-of-living crisis, rising poverty, a stagnant economy and continuing scandals, this Government is incapable of meeting the challenges facing post-Brexit, post-pandemic UK. The Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has a weak political mandate and no discernible long-term vision, and yet he seems determined to hang on until the last possible moment, which could be as late as 2025. 

Long-term damage is being inflicted on the British public, including millions of older people represented by Silver Voices, with countless avoidable deaths caused by the health and social care crisis and fuel poverty. 

The country cannot afford another two years of decline and drift and a General Election must be held in 2023 for a fresh start. It is high time for all political parties to lay out their solutions to the challenges and for voters to decide on a new Government with a fresh policy mandate.