Boris Johnson news – live: PM refuses to resign and says he’d rather be ‘dead in a ditch’ than seek Brexit delay
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Your support makes all the difference.Boris Johnson refused to resign in the wake of his own brother’s decision to quit the government over an “unresolvable tension” between the national interest and family ties. Jo Johnson also announced his intention to stand down at the next election.
After a meandering speech in West Yorkshire, the prime minister was asked if he would follow his younger sibling out of the doors of parliament but said: “My job is to get us out on 31 October and that is what we’re going to do.”
And things went from bad to worse for the prime minister, as one man politely asked him to “please leave my town”, while another heckled him in front of TV cameras in Morley.
It all comes after the PM suffered a crushing double defeat in the Commons as MPs pushed through a bill to block a no-deal Brexit and voted down his plan to hold a snap general election.
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The European Union (EU) has shot down "blustering" Boris Johnson's claims he wants a new Brexit deal, revealing there have been "no real negotiations" in Brussels since he entered Downing Street, writes Tom Embury-Dennis.
It comes after the prime minister suffered a crushing double defeat in the Commons, as MPs successfully pushed through a bill to block a no-deal Brexit and voted down his plan to hold a snap general election.
Since coming to power, Mr Johnson has insisted he wants a deal and would "step up the tempo" in negotiations over Britain's withdrawal from the EU, but there are few signs of progress.
Our man on the ground, Tom Peck, sends this view of the assembled police officers awaiting the prime minister, who was originally due to speak an hour ago.
As you may have guessed this is the launch of the government's plan to recruit 20,000 police officers.
"Policing safe streets is the absolute bedrock of society," the PM says. "It gives people the confidence to invest, to improve their neighbourhoods."
From our home affairs correspondent, this is the view of senior police officers on Mr Johnson's promise...
Boris Johnson’s pledge to recruit 20,000 new police officers will fail to undo the damage caused by years of Conservative budget cuts, senior officers have warned, writes Lizzie Dearden.
Analysis by The Independent suggests that more than 46,000 will have to be hired to meet the target and replace officers leaving the service over the next three years.
Doubts have been raised over when such ambitious targets can be reached, with more than half of forces failing to meet current recruitment targets.
In a baffling aside, Mr Johnson is trying to read the caution rights that arrested people are given. He doesn't quite manage it.
"I understand that crime is changing and crime is now a lot more online, but I think people in this country want to see police officers out on the streets," the PM says.
Mr Johnson has quickly veered off into criticism of Jeremy Corbyn. He says spending £1bn a month to stay in the EU is not a good use of public money and insists he is pushing to come out on 31 October.
He goes on to bemoan MPs' decision to vote against him last night.
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