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UNITED KINGDOM

Corbyn expects to be on ballot

British opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Sunday he expected to automatically be on the ballot for an upcoming leadership contest, without needing to be nominated by party lawmakers. Labour lawmaker Angela Eagle has said she will launch a bid on Monday to replace the embattled Corbyn as party leader, saying he had failed to lead Labour legislators as an organized and effective force to hold the government to account. "I'm expecting to be on the ballot paper because the rules of the party indicate that the existing leader, if challenged, should be on the ballot paper anyway," he told the BBC.