Boris Johnson will give prime ministers full control over when to call a general election today amid speculation he is planning to go to the country in 2023 to try to destroy Labour. The Queen's Speech today set out plans to replace the hated Fixed-term Parliaments Act which limits the ability of ministers to alter the five-year electoral cycle. At the State opening of Parliament today the Queen confirmed there would be a Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill. The Queen's Speech today set out plans to replace the hated Fixed-term Parliaments Act which limits the ability of ministers to alter the five-year electoral cycle. Pressed whether it meant the PM could trigger an early election, Mr Rees-Mogg said: 'Subject to the normal conventions.

Source: Daily Mail May 11, 2021 10:48 UTC