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Union tells government: call a General Election

UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis has told the government to call a general election so that “the people, not the out-of-touch elite” can improve Britain’s fortunes.

Mr Prentis told the union’s annual conference in Liverpool that outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May must call a general election to end the Brexit deadlock.

Mr Prentis took a shot at Ms May who he branded a “failure” and said she had “achieved nothing in office.”

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