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Thursday Apr 20, 2017
Regional reaction to Theresa May’s snap general election
Thursday Apr 20, 2017
Thursday Apr 20, 2017
EG visited Birmingham yesterday to get regional reaction to Theresa May’s surprise decision on Tuesday to call a snap general election on June 8th.
Steve Benson, investment director, at Savills said that he believed she had “no choice” to call one. “People are worried that there have been a lot of elections over the last 18 months but really [the timing of it] is quite quick, it’s probably not the time for the property market to react in a negative way. I think it is being seen as a positive and that we will go into the Brexit negotiations with a stronger remit. Although uncertainty is never a good thing in the property market.”
The prime minister, who had previously said she did not foresee a general election until 2020, said she had only “recently and reluctantly” come to the decision to call an election. She will run for leadership on behalf of the Conservative Party.
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