‘Do you want that one sweetie?’: Rishi Sunak makes ‘ice cream’ with young girl during childcare centre visit

Rishi Sunak made sand "ice-cream" cones with children at a childcare centre in Swindon on Friday, 7 June, as he continued on the general election campaign trail.

The prime minister met staff and youngsters at Imagination Childcare, and Conservative candidate for Swindon North Justin Tomlinson, as he sought to promote the Tory election offer aimed at helping higher earners keep more of their child benefit.

It came after Mr Sunak was forced to make an apology for leaving D-Day commemorations in France early to take part in a TV interview.