09 September 2019

Monday 09 September 2019-09-09

Events

 * A busy day in the House of Commons as the Speaker John Bercow announced his resignation on 31 October, PM Boris Johnson's second call for a snap election is rejected and Parliament is suspended for 5 weeks.
 * Opposition MPs refused to back Johnson's bid to call an October election, insisting a law blocking a no-deal Brexit must be implemented first.
 * At present, UK law states that the country will leave the EU on 31 October, regardless of whether a withdrawal deal has been agreed with Brussels or not. But new legislation, which was granted royal assent today, changes that, and will force the Prime Pinister to seek a delay until 31 January 2020 unless a deal - or a no-deal exit - is approved by MPs by 19 October.