Prime Minister Theresa May has visited The Argus offices as part of a whistle-stop tour around Sussex.
The Conservative leader spent around 45 minutes at our headquarters in Manchester Street, Brighton, granting an exclusive interview with our local government reporter Neil Vowles as well as meeting and greeting staff at the paper.
The PM has fired the starting gun on her re-election campaign by visiting marginal seats her party will have to fight fierce battles to hold on to on June 8.
Mrs May will be keen that Brighton Kemptown MP Simon Kirby will hold off Labour’s bid to win back the seat while Eastbourne’s Caroline Ansell and Lewes MP Maria Caulfield will defend small majorities from a resurgent Liberal Democrats in order to increase the majority she says is needed to allow her to negotiate the UK’s exit from the EU.
Today’s visit including stop offs in Eastbourne and Seaford.
See tomorrow's paper for the full exclusive interview.
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