Getting pumped for the election! Rishi Sunak takes on charity press-up challenge with Home Secretary James Cleverly in awkward video… but how many did the PM manage?

08:39 EDT 30 Apr 2024, updated 08:45 EDT 30 Apr 2024

Rishi Sunak showed he is getting pumped for the general election as he joined Home Secretary James Cleverly in a charity press-up challenge this morning.

The PM and his top Cabinet minister met up in the Downing Street garden as Mr Cleverly completed the last day of a Cancer Research UK campaign.

The charity have been encouraging Britons to complete 100 push-ups a day throughout April to help fund breakthroughs in cancer treatments.

In a video on Mr Cleverly’s Instagram page, the PM was shown joining the Home Secretary for the last day of the challenge after arriving back from his morning run.

After greeting his boss, Mr Cleverly was shown complimenting Mr Sunak on his ‘good form’ as they completed 20 press-ups.

But their task was made no easier by the PM’s dog Nova jumping all over them on the Downing Street lawn.

‘No, no, no thank you,’ Mr …