Latest: Johnson fails to secure backing of MPs for snap general election

Boris Johnson’s Government has been told to publish communications connected to prorogation and no-deal Brexit planning after MPs supported an emergency Commons motion.

Latest: Johnson fails to secure backing of MPs for snap general election

Update:

Boris Johnson’s second attempt to trigger an early general election has failed after his motion did not secure the required support of two-thirds of MPs, with the Commons voting 293 to 46.

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