Recap: What happened today?published at 18:01 British Summer Time 28 August 2019
- Prime Minister Boris Johnson set in motion the process to suspend the UK Parliament - which limits the time MPs have to block a no-deal Brexit
- The suspension - also called prorogation - will happen no earlier than 9 September and no later than 12 September
- The new parliamentary session will begin on 14 October
- The UK is set to leave the EU on 31 October with, or without a deal
- Mr Johnson said suggestions the suspension was motivated by a desire to force through a no deal were "completely untrue"
- His decision was criticised by Speaker John Bercow who said it was a "constitutional outrage"
- Jeremy Corbyn called the move "a smash and grab" on democracy and promised to bring forward legislation "to prevent what [the PM] is doing", followed by a vote of no confidence "at some point"
- Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said "it is not democracy, it’s dictatorship" and Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson said it was "a dangerous and unacceptable course"
- But Leader of the House Jacob Rees-Mogg said the move was a "completely proper constitutional procedure"
- MPs return from recess on 3 September