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Attorney general reveals the government will "shortly" ask MPs to back a snap election.
Johnson should face immediate confidence vote so he cannot try to prorogue parliament again, Williams says.
The Supreme Court justices are expected to deliver their decision "early next week".
Prime minister also confronted over people having "died because of austerity".
On Monday night, parliament was shut down for five weeks – but what does that mean in practice?
Parliament was officially suspended, or prorogued, in the early hours of Tuesday as opposition MPs held up signs reading "Silenced". Some tried to prevent Speaker of the House John Bercow from leaving his chair, which makes the prorogation official. Following the scuffles, shouts of "Shame on you" filled the House as Conservative MPs escorted Bercow to the House of Lords. Opposition MPs feel the suspension is a tactic by the Prime Minister to finalise Brexit on 31 October with or without a deal. Parliament reconvenes on 14 October.
From leaking roofs, ill-fitting windows and faulty guttering to crumbling stonework, exploding steam systems, asbestos, we must not let a good crisis go to waste, as the saying goes
Following news of a Halloween Brexit “flextension”, here’s a little flashback to last month, when Theresa May hinted that she would rather resign than see Brexit delayed beyond June 30 - three times.
Politicians are set to break from parliament six days after the UK leaves the EU.
After two resignations in recent weeks, May's basic ability to fill vacancies in her Government now appears to be under threat