Downing Street has just confirmed that the Prime Minister will be asking the Queen to prorogue parliament ahead of a new Queen’s Speech on 14 October.
In a letter sent to MPs this morning, Boris Johnson claims that this is a move designed to put a fresh domestic programme before Parliament, writing:
‘I therefore intend to bring forward a new bold and ambitious domestic legislative agenda for the renewal of our country after Brexit.
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