General election: Farage claims No 10 offered Brexit Party candidates jobs to stand down

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But he pledged to still stand in seats won by Labour - a stance that he has come under pressure to soften in order to avoid potentially splitting the pro-Brexit vote.

"It's been clear to me over this week that what they want is a Conservative majority, not a Leave majority," he told Sky News. Despite Mr Farage promising to stand firm, one Brexit Party candidate in a Labour-held seat has stepped aside.

 

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