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Lord Sugar calls on Corbyn to stand down over student debt ‘lie’

Apprentice host says Labour leader falsely promised to write off debt to attract young voters

July 27, 2017 10:55
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Lord Sugar has called on Jeremy Corbyn to stand down as Labour leader for “falsely promising” to write off student-loan debt.

Mr Corbyn has said he did not make a formal pledge on the issue during the general election campaign. But, Lord Sugar, the host of The Apprentice host and a former Labour peer, claimed Mr Corbyn “lied” to attract young voters.

On Twitter Lord Sugar wrote: “I think you should step down and let someone else rescue the Labour Party.

“You got votes with false promises.”

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