Boris Johnson news: PM forced to return early from UN as Corbyn demands election following Supreme Court humiliation
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Your support makes all the difference.Boris Johnson is returning the UK to face urgent questions in parliament after the Supreme Court declared his government unlawfully shut it down for five weeks.
The prime minister was forced to cut short his trip to the UN General Assembly in New York to attend the House of Commons on Wednesday.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn called for Mr Johnson to “consider his position” following the landmark decision, while Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson said he was “not fit” to be PM.
Speaking in New York, the prime minister said his government will “respect” the court verdict and added that “of course parliament will come back”.
Downing Street confirmed that he had spoken to the Queen by phone but refused to say whether he had apologised for advising her to prorogue parliament.
It was also reported that Jacob Rees-Mogg, the leader of the House, had described the ruling as a “constitutional coup”.
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Donald Trump has said it would be "terrible" if Boris Johnson's Brexit plan was blocked - making the comments hours after an historic ruling against the prime minister by Britain's top court.
The attorney general should "consider his position" after it emerged he advised Boris Johnson that proroguing parliament was legal, Sir Keir Starmer has said.
Geoffrey Cox reportedly told the prime minister and the cabinet that any accusation of unlawfulness was "motivated by political considerations", according to previously redacted court papers.
However the Supreme Court unanimously found that Mr Johnson's suspension of parliament was "void and of no effect", in a bombshell ruling on Wednesday.
Jeremy Corbyn is returning to London this evening following his speech to Labour's conference in Brighton.
What will the party do tomorrow? Labour's spokesman says they will use "whatever mechanisms there are to try and hold the Prime Minister to account'' in parliament.
Mr Corbyn's spokesman said the opposition would not support a Commons recess next week for the Tory Party conference until Boris Johnson requests an extension to Britain's EU membership from Brussels.
"Every step going forward now has to be conditional on them carrying out the legislation that was passed in Parliament and making it impossible to leave the European Union without a deal on 31st October," he added.
The Labour leader has demanded an early election as soon as a no-deal Brexit is off the table.
Meanwhile Boris Johnson has said "we will not be deterred from delivering on the will of the British people to leave the EU".
He has previously said he he would "rather be dead in a ditch" than ask the EU for an extension to Brexit negotiations.
A Labour government would establish a state-funded generic drug manufacturer to make life-saving medicines affordable to all, Jeremy Corbyn has announced.
And he said that private drugs companies will be required to keep prices down as a condition of receiving public funding for research.
Speaking to Labour’s annual conference in Brighton, Mr Corbyn singled out the cystic fibrosis drug called Orkambi, claiming that its manufacturer Vertex Pharmaceuticals was refusing to sell it to the NHS at an affordable price.
Labour's decision to work towards a net-zero target for carbon emissions by 2030 has been welcomed by US congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
She thanks the party, describing it as a "huge deal".
The Conservative Party supports a target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Tomorrow's agenda for the returning House of Commons will begin with "prayers" at 11.30am.
Boris Johnson has been given a week's deadline to appear before the Liaison Committee to be questioned, according to the Press Association.
Chairwoman of the Liaison Committee Dr Sarah Wollaston has written to the PM requesting that he give evidence to the committee within the next week.
In the letter, Dr Wollaston requests that Mr Johnson appears before the committee before Wednesday October 2.
The PM had been scheduled to appear before the Liaison Committee on September 11, however the session was unable to take place due to the prorogation of Parliament.
Mr Johnson's office wrote to Dr Wollaston at this time saying Mr Johnson would "reschedule his appearance before the Liaison Committee at the earliest opportunity when the House next meets".
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