{"id":312190,"date":"2017-04-19T14:06:18","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T14:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=312190"},"modified":"2017-04-19T14:06:18","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T14:06:18","slug":"uk-mps-back-plans-for-8-june-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=312190","title":{"rendered":"UK MPs back plans for 8 June poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A UK general election will be held on 8 June after MPs backed Prime Minister Theresa May&#8217;s call for a snap poll.<\/p>\n<p>The House of Commons backed the PM by a margin of 522 votes to 13, above the two-thirds majority needed, as Labour and the Lib Dems supported the move.<\/p>\n<p>The PM has argued a fresh mandate would strengthen her hand in Brexit talks and provide certainty for the future.<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Corbyn welcomed the poll but accused the PM of changing her mind and breaking promises on a range of issues.<\/p>\n<p>The next general election had been expected in 2020, but the Fixed Term Parliaments Act allows for one to be held earlier if two-thirds of MPs back the move.<\/p>\n<p>Defending the measure, Mrs May told MPs there was a &#8220;window of opportunity&#8221; to hold a poll before Brexit negotiations begin in earnest in June and that the country needed &#8220;strong leadership&#8221; to make a success of the process.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A UK general election will be held on 8 June after MPs backed Prime Minister Theresa May&#8217;s call for a snap poll. The House of Commons backed the PM by a margin of 522 votes to 13, above the two-thirds majority needed, as Labour and the Lib Dems supported the move. The PM has argued [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[798,6327],"class_list":["post-312190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international","tag-uk","tag-uk-poll"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=312190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312190\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=312190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=312190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=312190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}