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Bloomberg
The UK is set for its third general election since 2015 as political leaders attempt to resolve the Brexit crisis paralysing the country.
PM Boris Johnson won the backing of opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn for a snap poll to take place between December 9-12. While the date is yet to be confirmed, the vote is set to become a proxy referendum on European Union membership.
It is likely to be the last chance voters have to choose between parties offering to cancel Brexit or force through a hard split at any cost.
Members of parliament were expected to vote on Tuesday to endorse the election plan. Johnson needs only simple majority in House of Commons after proposing a bill to set date of next election as December 12.
Boris Johnson is open to considering other dates for a general election, but doesn’t consider a poll on December 9 as logistically possible, his spokesman James Slack told reporters in Westminster.
That means December 10 or 11 could emerge as the date for a pre-Christmas election, rather than the December 12 vote proposed by the PM.