Boris Johnson has failed in his latest bid to force a general election.

Disgraced MP Keith Vaz could face a by-election after the Committee on Standards recommended he be suspended from the Commons for six months for offering to buy cocaine for two male escorts.

The UK could be heading for a General Election on December 9 after Number 10 suggested it would table a one-line bill for it on Tuesday.

Staff on the People's Vote campaign have staged a walkout after two top advisers were sacked in a "boardroom coup".

European leaders have agreed to hand Britain a three-month extension to the Brexit deadline, Donald Tusk has confirmed.

The People's Vote campaign has descended into open warfare amid attempts to sack two of its most senior figures.

The European Union is preparing to grant Britain a flexible three-month Brexit extension, according to a leaked draft of an agreement set to be signed off by Brussels.

MPs' staff have called on John Bercow's successor to end a "fundamentally flawed" system that can see them stripped of their sick pay if they change jobs.

Boris Johnson could end up supporting an SNP and Lib Dem bid to hold an election on 9 December if Parliament rejects his own proposal for a pre-Christman poll, it has emerged.

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.