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Boris Johnson has declared he will launch a fresh bid to hold a general election on 12 December to "get Brexit done".

The prime minister is due to lay down his plan in the House of Commons on Monday - but he will need two-thirds of MPs to support it.Labour said it will not back him until "no-deal Brexit is off the table".Speaking after a meeting of senior cabinet ministers on Thursday, Mr Johnson vowed to act on MPs' concerns he had given them too little time to scrutinise the EU Withdrawal Bill, which writes into UK law the deal he secured with Brussels.