Boris Johnson news: PM discusses Brexit with Trump in phone call, after critical date for commons bid to block no-deal revealed

Caroline Lucas apologised earlier for proposing an "all-white" list of women for her suggested emergency cabinet.

“I apologise to them and all who’ve been hurt by their exclusion," she said.

"There are always lessons to be learnt, and I will do my utmost to support, value and uplift women of colour working in politics, particularly those with whom I share common ground."

Read more about her apology here: 

Nicola Sturgeon has said she is happy to join an all-women emergency cabinet, after Caroline Lucas proposed the idea.

The Brighton Pavilion MP proposed forming a cabinet of senior cross-party female MPs if Parliament passes a motion of no confidence in Boris Johnson's Government to call for a referendum on whether to leave the EU.

"I'm happy to work with anybody - male or female, I have to say - to try to stop Brexit, in particular to try to avoid a no-deal Brexit, which I think would be really, really damaging," the Scottish First Minister said, during an appearance on ITV's Loose Women.

"I'm all for more women in politics, I think we can bring a different perspective.

"But I do feel duty-bound to point out the former prime minister was a woman and didn't manage to sort out Brexit so there's maybe a flaw in that somewhere."

Describing Ms Lucas as "a fantastic MP", the SNP leader added: "I'm more than happy to band together with a bunch of other women."

Ms Lucas has also written to Labour's Emily Thornberry and Yvette Cooper, Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson, the former Conservative Cabinet minister Justine Greening, Change UK MP Anna Soubry, independent MP Heidi Allen, the SNP's Kirsty Blackman, the independent Northern Irish MP Sylvia Hermon and Plaid Cymru's Liz Saville Roberts.

The UK will be "first in line" for a trade deal with the US, national security adviser John Bolton has said.

Speaking following a meeting with Boris Johnson on a visit to London, Mr Bolton said: "A prior American president said that if the United Kingdom left the European Union, it would go to the back of the queue on trade deals.

"To be clear, in the Trump administration Britain's constantly at the front of the trade queue, or line as we say."

Barack Obama had warned that the UK exiting the EU would impact on its global standing.

In May 2019 the US published its "negotiating objectives" for a UK trade deal.

The objectives included a demand that some “sanitary and phytosanitary” standards were removed.

Critics have claimed that this is in order to sell chlorine-washed chicken and hormone-pumped beef, critics said.

John Bolton, US national security adviser, has attacked the EU and said the UK's decision to leave the bloc should be respected.

He said: "The fashion in the European Union when the people vote the wrong way from the way that the elites want to go is to make the peasants vote again and again until they get it right."

Mr Bolton said it is "hard to imagine" people in the UK did not know "what was at stake" when they voted to leave the EU in 2016.

"The government’s latest wheeze to convince us that Brexit means Brexit was announced this weekend. Sajid Javid is drawing up plans for millions of 50p coins to be issued when the UK leaves the EU later this year," argues our columnist Chris Key.

"One side of the coins will feature the words “peace, prosperity and friendship with all nations”.

"The notion of peace and friendship with all nations is hypocritical and astonishing, given the repeated warmongering narrative of Brexiteers."

Read his opinion piece here: 

Donald Trump looks forward to meeting with Boris Johnson "in the near future," the White House has said in a brief statement.

The two leaders spoke by phone today about a variety of subjects, including trade and security.

Richard Braine, the new UKIP leader, once said he confused Sadiq Khan with a 7/7 bomber, according to Buzzfeed.

The now deleted tweet has caused fury among Labour MPs.

David Lammy condemned the tweet, describing it as "dangerous and vile Islamophobia".

"His predecessors would be proud," the MP added.

John Bolton, the US national security adviser, has spoken about his meeting with British officials today.

He claimed the US had been "ready to negotiate" with Theresa May's government and that the country could do a trade deal with the UK "in pieces".

He said: "We want to move very quickly. We wish we could have moved further along in this with the prior government.

"We were ready to negotiate. We are ready to negotiate now."

Mr Bolton said the countries could concentrate on areas they can agree on first.

He said: "The idea of doing it in pieces rather than waiting for the whole thing is not unprecedented.

"I think here we see the importance and urgency of doing as much as we can agree on as rapidly as possible because of the impending October 31 exit date."

Asked whether piecemeal trade agreements like this are allowed under WTO rules, Mr Bolton said: "Our trade negotiators seem to think it is."

Jeremy Corbyn has accused Boris Johnson's government of "rolling out the red carpet for the US administration's most hawkish member."

The Labour leader was discussing the visit of John Bolton, the US' national security adviser.

Mr Corbyn said the official's UK visit was "the latest warning sign of Johnson putting Britain in hock to Trump's USA.

"The UK in Trump's pocket is a threat to the NHS, the environment and our peace and security," he added.

Boris Johnson joined a meeting with US National Security adviser John Bolton where Brexit, Iran, Hong Kong and 5G were discussed, Downing Street said.

A Downing Street statement said: "The Prime Minister joined a meeting at Downing Street today between senior officials and US National Security adviser John Bolton.

"They discussed the close UK-US trading relationship and our shared commitment to an ambitious free trade agreement once the UK leaves the EU.

"They also spoke about Brexit and a range of other issues - including Iran, Hong Kong and 5G."