LATEST: Parliament clears way for general election on June 8

LATEST: Britain will go to the polls on June 8, after MPs cleared the way for an early general election.

UPDATE 2.45pm: Britain will go to the polls on June 8, after MPs cleared the way for an early general election.

Theresa May easily cleared the hurdle needed under the Fixed Term Parliament Act to bring the poll forward from the scheduled date of 2020.