Theresa May approval rating sinks as United Kingdom election race tightens

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04 June, 2017

Kerrang! Editor James McMahon has called the edition "one of the most important issues we have ever made" with readers urged to "take the power back" and "make Britain a fairer place".

Mrs May faced hostile questions over her plans for elderly care, dubbed the dementia tax, and her failure to put a figure on the cap on social care costs she promised after consternation in Conservative ranks over the policy as it was set out in the manifesto.

The Labour leader - who has vowed to raise income tax for those earning over £80,000 a year and restore the corporation tax rate to 26% - was taken to task by a small business owner with five employees who pointed out that the Conservatives were offering him a rate of just 17% in business tax which would help his firm grow.

Jeremy Corbyn has challenged Theresa May to reveal the impact of her controversial social care policy in the final days of the election campaign.

Polls suggest the Conservatives are set to win but are no longer likely to get the kind of landslide victory that would have boosted May ahead of the launch of complicated negotiations on Britain's exit from the European Union.

British Prime Minister Theresa May's once formidable lead has been eroded to a slender advantage, an opinion poll indicated on Friday as her campaign was dealt a blow when one of her candidates was charged with electoral fraud.

Theresa May's once-formidable lead has been eroded though her Conservative Party could still be on course to win a majority of seats in parliament.

"No more can Britain try to sustain its economy on the back of growth in the financial sector in one corner of England", Mr Corbyn said.

'There has to be no first use, there has to be a process of engagement to bring about, ultimately, global nuclear disarmament. "I had the balls to call an election". The Labour leader said: "I'm very sorry this is not a debate, this is a series of questions".

The prime minister did not sign a joint statement by the leaders of Germany, France and Italy, who said they regretted Trump's decision and insisted that the accord can not be renegotiated.

"We are fighting this election to win and we are mounting a fantastic campaign in order to get that message across of how different our society and our politics could be", he said.

But she told a nurse who said her salary hasn't changed since 2009: "There isn't a magic money tree that we can shake that suddenly provides for everything that people want".

Next up to face the audience was Mr Corbyn who was swiftly challenged over his views on Trident, his views on the IRA and whether the Labour manifesto was "a realistic wish list" or "just a letter to Santa Claus?" We are not looking to do deals with anybody, we are not forming a coalition government. The UK Labour party leader has received an important boost from the Vermont senator and leading American progressive Bernie Sanders, who faced off against Hillary Clinton in the Democratic party primaries a year ago.


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