Brexit: Opposition parties to reject PM election move bbc.com

UK opposition parties have agreed not to back Boris Johnson's demand for a general election before the EU summit in mid-October.

Labour, the Lib Dems, the SNP and Plaid Cymru say they will vote against the government or abstain in Monday's vote on whether to hold a snap poll.

But the PM said the parties were making an "extraordinary political mistake".

Meanwhile, a bill designed to prevent a no-deal Brexit has been approved by the House of Lords and will pass into law.