Britons go to the polls 8 June

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May said Tuesday that the divisions in Parliament explained her change of heart on an early election.

Theresa May has called a snap General Election on June 8, claiming that divisions at Westminster risked hampering the Brexit negotiations.

"If we do not hold a general election now, their political game-playing will continue", she said, calling it a "one-off" opportunity for a vote.

Lloyd Thomas said he will include the election news as part of an email article to clients which will seek to reassure clients about the firm's asset allocation, which he said is "broadly diversified".

May's Conservatives have 330 seats in the 650-seat House of Commons and are polling well ahead of Labour, the main Opposition party.

Mrs May's Conservatives, who were split on the issue of European Union membership ahead of last year's referendum, are now far ahead of Labour, the main opposition party, according to opinion polls.

Corbyn said he would not oppose the call for an election.

"The country is coming together but Westminster is not", declared Prime Minister Theresa May, delivering her announcement to reporters.

A vote on the proposed election will take place in the commons tomorrow.

"This move is a huge political miscalculation by the prime minister", Nicola Sturgeon, SNP leader and Scotland's first minister, said in a statement.

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Theresa May has called a snap election.

The Liberal Democrats called on broadcasters to go ahead with the debates, even without May.

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said in comments to the Funke newspaper group published Tuesday that "any long uncertainty definitely will not do political and economic relations between Europe and Britain any good". But she has not threatened to veto another referendum.

In his response to Mrs May's announcement, Lib Dem leader Tim Farron tweeted: "This is your chance to change the direction of your country".

The decision was immediately welcomed by the head of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn.

British voters made the surprise decision to leave the bloc in a referendum last June.

Britain has already triggered Article 50 - the formal starting gun on Brexit, and withdrawal from the European Union is all but a certainty at this point.

The negotiations are expected to be tough and will likely take place over two years, though the more complex aspects of Britain's future relationship with the European Union, such as trade, could take even longer.

A raft of Sunday polls in the United Kingdom put the Conservatives somewhere between 11 and a massive 21 points ahead of Labour, the largest gap between the parties in the past nine years. If you want to keep Britain in the Single Market.

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