#THENETHERLANDS: Labour Party Leader Facing Calls To Resign Over Childcare Fraud Scandal

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Labour Party Leader Lodewijk Asscher is facing questions from within his own party over his suitability to lead the party into next year’s elections because of his role in the childcare benefits scandal. 

Asscher was minister of social affairs from 2012 to 2017, the period in which thousands of parents were wrongly treated as fraudsters and ordered to pay back thousands of euros in childcare benefit support. 

A parliamentary inquiry into the scandal published a damning report, saying an ‘unparalleled wrong’ had been done to the parents. 

The Labour Party Leader apologized, saying  he was ‘filled with shame’ at his failure to act.

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#UK: Labour Party Commits Itself To Seeking Second Brexit Referendum

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Labour Party Leader Jeremy Cornyn says his party will seek a second vote on Brexit, after weeks of wavering on the decision. The opposition party will file legislation to delay Brexit and prevent a "no-deal" break from The European Union from happening.

The decision was condemned by Brexit supporters, who called it a "betrayal" of the 2016 vote, in which over 17 million Britons voted to leave the single trading bloc.

Nigel Farage, leader of his newly created "Brexit Party," noted that millions of Labour supporters actually voted to Leave the EU. "Five million people who voted for Brexit then voted for Jeremy Corbyn the following year. For them, this is a disaster," he said. "A majority of Labour seats voted to Leave."

Pictured: Nigel Farage

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#THENETHERLANDS: Labour Party Minister Attacks Coalition Partner's Election Platform

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A senior Labour Party minister has attacked the election platform published by its coalition partner party, the Dutch Party of Freedom and Democracy. Social Affairs Minister Lodewijk Asscher, who has yet to announce whether or not he will challenge Diederik Samsom for the party leadership, described social welfare cuts in the manifesto as "bizarre" and "disastrous."


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#THENETHERLANDS: Morocco-Born Dutch Legislator Elected Speaker Of The House

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Moroccan-Dutch Khadija Arib of the Labour Party has been elected as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the first Muslim to hold that position. Arib, 55, emigrated to Holland when she was 15, and has served in parliament since 1998. She will preside over the House through next March, when elections are scheduled to be held. She is a former civil servant, educator and social worker.