A brief guide to the UK general election | FT

FT political correspondent Laura Hughes runs through the key issues. Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn have radically different visions for the UK. What are their policies on Brexit, the economy and the NHS? And what will it mean for the country?

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In This Story: Brexit

Brexit is the name given to the United Kingdom’s exiting the European Union, which happened on 31 January 2020, following a narrow “Leave” referendum result in a June 2016 vote on EU Membership which took place in the country. News items related to Brexit are posted, below, chronologically, with the most recent items at the top, from a variety of outlets.

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In This Story: Jeremy Corbyn

Jeremy Bernard Corbyn is a British politician who served as Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 2015 to 2020.

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