Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth/WPA Pool/Getty Images
The U.K. Labour Party will support a snap general election in December, reports the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg.
Why it matters: The decision by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn all but guarantees that Britain will be heading to the polls for the third time in under five years.
- Corbyn said in a statement that his party's condition of taking a no-deal Brexit off the table had been met with the European Union's decision to extend the Brexit deadline until Jan. 31, 2020.
- He added, "We will now launch the most ambitious and radical campaign for real change our country has ever seen."
The big picture, via Axios' Dave Lawler: No election is due until 2022, but just about everyone agrees that the current Parliament is hopelessly deadlocked — with Johnson's minority government losing nearly every vote.
- The fight is now about when to hold an election and on what terms.
Go deeper: Everything you need to know about Brexit