Brexit vote result – live: Boris Johnson suffers second humiliating defeat as MPs vote to block no deal but put May’s deal back on table on technicality
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Boris Johnson‘s plan to call an early general election was rejected after his earlier bid to keep a no-deal Brexit on the table suffered a major blow.
The prime minister had called for a poll to be held on 15 October after legislation designed to prevent the UK crashing out of the EU on 31 October cleared the Commons on Tuesday.
But Labour and other opposition MPs refused to back the motion for a snap election, which needed a two-thirds majority in the Commons, while the risk of a no-deal exit remained.
The government failed to secure the support of two-thirds of MPs, with the Commons voting 298 to 56 – 136 short of the number needed.
Mr Johnson urged MPs to reflect on what he thinks is the “unsustainability of this position overnight and in the course of the next few days”.
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Labour MP Tan Singh Desi asks the PM to apologise for his derogatory and racist remarks against Muslim women. He asks when there will be an investigation into Islamophobia in the Tory party.
Huge applause from MPs - which is normally forbidden.
Johnson says he should have read the newspaper piece in full, which defended people's rights to wear what they wish.
He says he is proud to be related to Muslims and Sikhs and argues his cabinet is the most diverse in recent years,
Margot James, another ex-Tory, condemns the PM for relying on advisers - and spits out the name of Dominic Cummings.
The Labour benches have burst into applause after Labour MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi demands an apology for his “letterbox” remarks about Muslim women who wear the veil.
Here’s that incredible moment when Labour benches applauded Labour MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi for demanding an apology from Boris Johnson his “letterbox” remarks about Muslim women who wear the veil.
Chancellor Sajid Javid is now delivering a statement on the spending review, and warned his colleagues against voting to prevent a no-deal Brexit.
But he has already been told off by Speaker John Bercow – who told him remarks about “respecting the referendum” were “frankly out of order”.
“The statement should be focused on and exclusively concerning the spending round.”
“It really is very, very unseemly … It bothers me greatly that the right honourable gentlemen, in the course of a statement, seems to be veering into matters unrelated to the spending round.”
Sajid Javid has claimed he is “turning the page on austerity” as he sets out a cash boost for areas including health and education in a pre-election spending spree.
“We are turning the page on austerity and beginning a new decade of renewal.
“A new economic era needs a new economic plan and today we lay the foundations with the fastest increase in day-to-day spending in 15 years.”
Insisting the UK would be ready to leave the EU, with or without a deal, Javid confirmed an additional £2bn for Brexit delivery next year.
PMQs: Summary
Boris Johnson used decidedly un-parliamentary language when he described Labour’s economic plans as “s**t or bust” during a back-and-forth with Jeremy Corbyn.
The prime minister tried to taunt the Labour leader into backing a snap general election, calling him “frit”, a “chlorinated chicken” – and was seen mouthing the words “you great big girl’s blouse”.
Rebel Tory MP Margot James spat out the name of the PM’s right-hand man Dominic Cummings when she told Johnson “advisers advise and ministers decide … can I ask the prime minister to bear that statement closely in mind in relation to his own chief adviser Dominic Cummings”.
Labour MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi was applauded after branding Johnson a “racist” over his comparison of burqa-wearing Muslim women to bank robbers and letter boxes.
Our political editor Andrew Woodcock has more on the that remarkable and passionate call for an apology from Mr Dhesi.
Sajid Javid has confirmed 4.1 per cent rise in public spending, calling it the “fastest increase in day-to-day spending in 15 years”.
He said pledged to increase school spending by £7.1bn by 2022-23, a £6.2bn increase in NHS funding next year, while councils will have access to an additional £1.5bn for social care next year.
Here’s the speaker telling off the chancellor for veering into no-deal Brexit stuff.
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