The final push for votes in the 2024 general election saw party leaders criss-crossing the country in the last week of the campaign.
With the polls showing the Tories heading for big losses, the party started to warn of the supposed dangers of a large Labour majority in the Commons. Meanwhile, Labour - fearing people might be tempted to stay at home, thinking the election result a foregone conclusion - emphasised change would not happen unless people voted for it. The SNP claimed it was clear Labour would win decisively without the need for Scottish MPs and urged voters to back them instead.
Here’s the story of the last stage of the six-week election campaign in 13 pictures.
9. Suella Braverman say it's over
Former Tory Home Secretary Suella Braverman wrote in the Daily Telegraph on Wednesday that the party's election battle was "over", it had to prepare for the frustration of opposition and the fight to save the Conservatives from extinction must begin. | PA Photo: Justin Tallis
10. End-of-the-election pier show
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage gives a speech to supporters on Clacton Pier where he hopes to get elected as MP. But some polls have suggested his controversial comments, claiming the West had provoked Russia's invasion of Ukraine, had lost him support. | PA Photo: Ian West
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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, on an eve-of-poll tour of Scotland, England and Wales, met up with Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar at a campaign event in East Kilbride. They underlined Labour's message that despite the prty's poll lead, change would only happen if people voted for it. | Getty Images Photo: Jeff J Mitchell
12. Last drive for votes
A final flurry of photocalls for Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey included a drive around in a pink Cadillac with deputy leader Daisy Cooper. Polls suggest their party is set to take a swathe of seats in the south of England from the Tories. | PA Photo: James Manning