VOTERS in Clacks could be going to the polls yet again in the near future, after Theresa May announced plans to hold a General Election in seven weeks' time.

The prime minister said she would be seeking support from the House of Commons to call the 'snap' election, with the matter now going to vote tomorrow.

If successful, the ballot will be held across the UK on Thursday, June 8.

The election has been tabled in response to criticisms of the Conservative government's handling of Brexit, with voters now essentially being asked to elect the party on the strength of their own post-referendum plans.

On a number of occasions, including two instances last month, Downing Street has said it had no intention of calling a snap election.

However, speaking outside Downing Street this morning, Mrs May said: "Since I became prime minister I've said there should be no election until 2020, but now I have concluded that the only way to guarantee certainty and security for the years ahead is to hold this election and seek your support for the decisions we must take.

"And so tomorrow I will move a motion in the House of Commons calling for a general election to be held on the eighth of June.

"That motion, as set out by the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act, will require a two-thirds majority of the House of Commons.

"So I have a simple challenge to the opposition parties, you have criticised the government's vision for Brexit, you have challenged our objectives, you have threatened to block the legislation we put before Parliament.

"This is your moment to show you mean it, to show you are not opposing the government for the sake of it, to show that you do not treat politics as a game."

She added: "So, tomorrow, let the House of Commons vote for an election, let everybody put forward their proposals for Brexit and their programmes for Government, and let us remove the risk of uncertainty and instability and continue to give the country the strong and stable leadership it demands."

Labour say they will vote for the proposal with leader Jeremy Corbyn saying it would "give the British people the chance to vote for a government that will put the interests of the majority first".