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Major Peter Oweh, Common Cryer and Serjeant-at-Arms of the City of London, reading the dissolution proclamation at the Royal Exchange, London, on 31 May 2024. The dissolution of the Parliament of the United Kingdom occurs automatically five years after the day on which Parliament first met following a general election, [1] or on an earlier date by royal proclamation at the advice of the prime ...
After the summer recess, the BBC changed their programming plan by scaling down BBC Politics Live to 4 days a week (Monday to Thursday with the same times as before), with a review programme, BBC Politics UK airing in the timeslot on Fridays. Since the start of 2023, most of the Wednesday edition of BBC Politics Live is simulcasted on BBC News.
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LONDON (Reuters) -Boris Johnson deliberately misled the British parliament in an unprecedented way over rule-breaking parties at his office during COVID-19 lockdowns, a committee said on Thursday ...
Parliament is dissolved by virtue of the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022 and previously the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011. Prior to that, dissolution was effected by the Sovereign, always on the advice of the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister could seek dissolution at a time politically advantageous to their party.
The Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill was introduced by Michael Gove, the minister for the Cabinet Office, to the House of Commons and received its first reading on 12 May 2021. [ 7 ] [ 21 ] On 9 February 2022, the House of Lords voted to amend the bill to require a Commons vote before dissolution could happen by 200 votes to 160.
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The King may at any time dissolve Parliament. By constitutional convention, this is only done on the advice of the Prime Minister [33]. This prerogative power to dissolve Parliament was removed by the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011, but was revived by the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022. A Parliament dissolves automatically five ...