May: Brexit deal key to ‘brighter future’

THERESA May is urging voters to back her plans for Brexit amid further signs of trouble in her general election campaign.

The prime minister was to suggest there could be a “brighter future” for the UK if there is a good deal with the European Union.

Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn, her opponent in the race for Number 10, will also be campaigning on Brexit, buoyed by an opinion poll which suggested the Tory lead had been reduced to just three points.

The YouGov poll put the Tories on 42%, down one point since the end of last week, with Labour up three on 39% and the Liberal Democrats down two points on 7%, level with Ukip.

In a bid to return Brexit to the heart of the election campaign, Mrs May was to use a speech in the north-east of England today to set out her vision of European Union withdrawal as a stepping stone to a successful future.

She was to say: “The brighter future we want for our country will not just happen.

“This great national moment needs a great national effort in which we pull together with a unity of purpose.”

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