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Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Labour leader Corbyn backs May’s call for early election
The head of Britain’s main opposition Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn announces support for Prime Minister Theresa May’s call for an early general election on June 8.
“I welcome the prime minister’s decision to give the British people the chance to vote for a government that will put the interests of the majority first,” Corbyn says in a statement posted to his official Facebook page.
Corbyn says the elections will allow Labour to offer Britons “an effective alternative to a government that has failed to rebuild the economy, delivered falling living standards and damaging cuts to our schools and NHS.”
I welcome the Prime Minister’s decision to give the British people the chance to vote for a government that will put the…
Posted by Jeremy Corbyn on Tuesday, April 18, 2017
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