Ex-Tory Chancellor George Osborne quits as MP

‘George Osborne has announced he is quitting as an MP “for now,” a day after Prime Minister Theresa May called for a snap general election.
The former chancellor was recently named as the new editor of The Evening Standard.
In a letter to his Tatton constituents, Osborne wrote: “I am stepping down from the House of Commons – for now. But I will remain active in the debate for our country’s future and on the issues I care about, like the success of the Northern Powerhouse.
“I want a Britain that is free, open, diverse and works with other nations to defend our democratic values in the world.
“I will go on fighting for that Britain I love from the editor’s chair of a great newspaper. It’s still too early to be writing my memoirs.”’
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