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Jeremy Corbyn has stuck to his guns tonight and reiterated that he will vote for an early election once the Benn Bill has become law – contrary to the earlier statement of Keir Starmer and to the wishes of very many Labour MPs. Speaking…
The Benn Bill has passed its House of Commons stages, having been approved at its third reading by a majority of 28 votes, with 327 in favour and 299 against. The legislation put forward by Labour backbencher Hilary Benn aims to ensure that…
Labour MP Stephen Kinnock's amendment to the Benn Bill has passed unexpectedly after no division was called because no Conservative tellers for the 'Noes' presented themselves. Its approval means the piece of legislation designed to block…
The official Labour position on an early general election at the beginning of the afternoon was to support one as soon as the Benn Bill had passed and received Royal Assent. But that could change very soon. As reported by LabourList on…
The House of Commons has approved the Benn Bill at its second reading by a majority of 29 votes, with 329 in favour and 300 against. The majority is larger than that won by Oliver Letwin for his emergency debate motion on Tuesday evening…
Labour has said it will not support Boris Johnson's motion for an early election that will be brought to the Commons tonight, and the party leadership has set three key objectives – the earliest possible election, stopping no deal and…
Below is the full text of John McDonnell's spending round speech this afternoon. Mr Speaker. Briefly let me start by welcoming another Chancellor to his new job. I believe the new Chancellor may be the first person to hold that role whose…
Party leaders are supposed to win their first Prime Minister's Questions. It's very unusual for them to lose their first session, according to PMQs expert Tom Hamilton. Theresa May couldn't do personality, and the sparring matches between…
The government's spending round being presented by Sajid Javid today is a "pre-election, panic-driven Tory stunt", John McDonnell has said. The Chancellor will reveal his first spending review in the Commons after PMQs this afternoon…
Boris Johnson has lost his working majority and lost control of the Commons. His very first parliamentary vote as Prime Minister saw the government lose by 27 votes thanks to a tiny Labour rebellion (consisting of just Kate Hoey and John…
