Parliament is to be suspended for five weeks ahead of 31 October, the day the UK is due to leave the EU. That's just nine weeks away. Politicians on both sides of the Brexit debate are calling it a coup. {video} Mr Johnson wants to start a new parliamentary session, with a fresh programme, from 14 October. Instead of a normal three-week autumn recess, parliament will now wrap up on 10 September. With so little time, MPs would find it difficult to stop the UK leaving the EU without a deal. Wait, what just happened? Parliament always stops work for a few weeks in the autumn. But this isn't a normal recess: Mr Johnson ... (full story)