Theresa May: General election not in the UK's best interest
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has ruled out a general election before the Brexit date in March 2019 saying it’s not in “the national interest”.
May told journalists overnight that she was focused on delivering Brexit and that the next election is still scheduled for 2022.
During the weekend the government, and specifically Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab, dismissed reports of contingency plans for a general election.
Although the PM is facing pressure from the Labour party who demand an early vote in the case that MP’s do not approve the Brexit deal struck between the government and the European Union.
She is also being pressured by members from the Conservative party who threaten to oust her if she does not drop her Brexit Chequers proposals.
May said her priority was reaching an agreement with the EU and not prepare for a general election: "What I'm doing is working to deliver a good deal with Europe in the national interest. It would not be in the national interest to have an election."
May is currently at the UN general assembly in New York where she will meet world leaders to insist her Chequers plan is still viable, and pitching post-Brexit Britain as a “low tax and smart regulation” economy in a speech to business leaders that will promise the lowest rate of corporation tax in the G20.