Will the government abide by the Supreme Court’s verdict?

Foreign secretary refuses to be drawn on whether Boris Johnson would seek second shutdown

Protesters outside the Supreme Court
Protesters outside the Supreme Court 
(Image credit: Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images)

Boris Johnson’s government will abide by the Supreme Court’s ruling on Parliament’s suspension when its verdict is delivered this week, according to Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab.

The ruling on whether the prime minister’s move to prorogue was unlawful is due this week. Anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller has asked judges for a repeat of the declaration from Edinburgh's Court of Session that the PM's actions were “null and void and of no legal effect”.

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