General election risks ‘killing Brexit’, Matt Hancock warns
Theresa May’s successor as prime minister should not call a general election until Brexit is completed, a cabinet minister has warned.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said an early election risked losing to Labour and “killing Brexit altogether”.
His comments come after cross-party talks aimed at breaking the impasse collapsed on Friday.
Meanwhile, a poll of Tory members for The Times puts Boris Johnson as the favourite to succeed Mrs May.
Mr Hancock told the Daily Telegraph it would be a “disaster” to call a general election before the UK had left the EU as “people don’t want it”.
He added: “We need to take responsibility for delivering on the referendum result.”
“Who knows what the outcome of a general election would be under these circumstances? A general election before that not only risks Jeremy Corbyn, but it risks killing Brexit altogether.”
Mrs May has promised to set a timetable for leaving Downing Street following a House of Commons vote on her EU Withdrawal Agreement Bill in the week beginning 3 June.
Brexit had been due to take place on 29 March – but after MPs voted down the deal Mrs May had negotiated with the bloc three times, the EU gave the UK an extension until 31 October.
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