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Labour poised to block bid for 12 December general election

Labour poised to block bid for 12 December general election

MPs may be told to abstain in Monday’s vote, with Jeremy Corbyn to make call on Friday

Labour appears poised to block Boris Johnson’s offer of a pre-Christmas general election on 12 December by telling MPs to abstain in Monday’s vote.

The party previously said that it would back an early election when a no-deal Brexit scenario could be firmly ruled out, and has twice rejected attempts by Johnson to go to the polls before 2022.

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