Tony Blair has said a general election and second EU referendum could take place on the same day.

Labour have slammed the plan by the Lib Dems and the SNP to offer Boris Johnson a 9 December election as an “opportunistic stunt”.

Philip Hammond has accused Boris Johnson of “throwing tantrums” by trying to force a snap general election instead of trying to get his Brexit deal through the Commons.

Jeremy Corbyn has criticised Boris Johnson’s “ridiculous” language after the Prime Minister urged him to “man-up” and vote for a snap General Election.

Boris Johnson has accused MPs of “sitting on their a***s” and urged them to stop “holding the country hostage” and back an early election.

Former aides to John Bercow have accused Parliament’s authorities of an “establishment stitch-up” over the failure to act on bullying claims made against the Speaker.

The Liberal Democrats and the SNP are joining forces to offer Boris Johnson an early Christmas present of an election on 9 December.

DUP leader Arlene Foster is to repeat her party’s opposition to the Prime Minister’s Brexit deal at the DUP conference today but will not announce their stance on his election bid until Monday.

Rory Stewart has apologised after he described three black men he met on the Tory leadership campaign trail as "minor gangsters".

Boris Johnson has insisted it is still "possible" for Britain to leave the EU on 31 October - just hours after Sajid Javid ruled out doing so.

Boris Johnson has threatened to effectively go on strike if MPs block his bid to hold a general election.

Labour has been plunged into chaos after deep splits emerged over whether it should support Boris Johnson's bid to hold a general election on 12 December.

Labour MP Ian Murray has been reselected to fight the next election, despite a bid by Unite to dump him.

Boris Johnson's attempt to hold an election on 12 December were left hanging in the balance after opposition parties warned they could withhold support for it.

Boris Johnson has been handed a boost after MPs backed the Government’s domestic agenda laid out in a Queen’s Speech earlier this month.

Boris Johnson has launched a dramatic bid to hold a general election on 12 December.

Boris Johnson has called an emergency political Cabinet meeting amid fresh speculation that he wants to hold a general election before Christmas.

Splits within the Conservatives and Labour have erupted over calls for a general election before Christmas.

Emmanuel Macron is urging fellow European leaders to grant Britain a fresh Brexit extension of just two weeks, it has been reported.

Boris Johnson has been slammed for taking the "extraordinary" decision to cancel his appearance before a cross-party groups of senior MPs for the third time so he can "focus on Brexit".

A Labour peer has been suspended by the party after being found guilty of harassing four female staff and making transphobic comments by a House of Lords inquiry.

Attempts to revive the Withdrawal Agreement Bill (WAB) have collapsed after a summit of senior Tory and Labour figures broke up in acrimony.

The Prime Minister and Labour leader go head to head from 12pm. Follow it all here.

After MPs voted down his bid to get a Brexit deal passed by 31 October, Downing Street said he would go for an election if the EU offers a three month-long extension to Article 50.