The governments decision. What he is doing is he is suspending parliament when it should be sitting because he is determined to do something for which he has no mandate at all. Sterling has fallen in response to the announcement. It lost around a cent against both the us dollar and the euro, due to increased fears of a no deal brexit. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The queen is to be asked by the government to suspend Parliament Days after mps return to work, and a matter of weeks before the brexit deadline. Parliament will return from recess on the 3rd of september, and could be prorogued or suspended only a week later, on the 10th. Thats expected to make way for Boris Johnsons new administration to hold a queens speech laying out the governments future plans on m october. But it means mps are unlikely to have time to pass any laws that could stop the Prime Minister taking the uk out of the eu without a deal on 31 october. John bercow give his reaction in the last few min