Change UK party approved for European elections
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It did not meet the deadline for local elections in England, which are taking place at the start of May. Planning is already taking place for the European parliamentary ballot after the EU agreed to push back the Brexit deadline to 31 October.and avoid taking part in the elections. There was some controversy over the choice of Change UK as the party name, with online petitions website Change.org saying it wasBut the Electoral Commission has approved the application, with former Tory MP Heidi Allen as interim leader, and the party's description as"The Change UK Candidate".
"The emblem also contained the acronym TIG, which we were not satisfied was sufficiently well known."But in a press release, the party confirmed it would launch its European election campaign on Tuesday 23 April after receiving 3,700 applications from people wanting to stand in its name.
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