Election 2017: National party campaigning resumes in wake of London attack

Seven people were killed and 49 injured in the deadly attack

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May at 10 Downing Street delivering a statement after the london terror attacks (Getty)

Politicians are returning to the campaign trail following Saturday night's deadly events on the streets of London which caused the deaths of seven people and critically injured dozens.

Labour, Conservatives and Liberal Democrats will be back just two days after the terror attacks in the final leg of the general election race.

Speaking outside Downing Street after the events at London Bridge and Borough Market, Prime Minister Theresa May said: “Two political parties have suspended our national campaigns for today.

"But violence can never be allowed to disrupt the democratic process, so those campaigns will resume in full tomorrow and the general election will go ahead as planned on Thursday.”

As a mark of respect to those killed in the attack on Saturday evening, all major political parties with the exception of Ukip briefly paused campaigning.

In the aftermath of the Manchester Arena attack, the parties suspended national campaigning for three days.

Theresa May will be visiting London, Yorkshire and Scotland, while her Labour opponent Jeremy Corbyn will be in the North East.

Paul Nuttall, Ukip leader, will head to Essex, and Tim Farron will be taking on Scotland ahead of the Question Time leaders' debate, where Nicola Sturgeon will also be grilled.