The Conservative Party's conference plans are in chaos as Labour and former Tory MPs plan to ensure parliament is sitting at the same time.

The government had planned to ask the Commons to vote to shut down parliament on Monday and Tuesday next week to allow MPs to travel to the conference.

Conservative MPs are now likely to have to shuttle between Manchester and London over the course several days.

Downing Street appeared to row back on the plans to table a motion in the first place, with a Number 10 spokesperson on Wednesday saying they were "not aware" of any plans to ask the Commons for a recess.

The news came as Boris Johnson landed in London after he was forced to cut short his trip to New York after yesterday's explosive Supreme Court ruling threatened to derail his premiership.

The Conservative Party's annual conference plans have been thrown into chaos after Conservative MPs, who were kicked out of the party a few weeks ago, moved to block an attempt to allow it to go ahead as planned.

The government had planned to table a motion as early as Wednesday afternoon calling for parliament to enter a short recess on Monday and Tuesday, so Conservative MPs could travel to the conference in Manchester, according to a Times report.

However, the opposition Labour party and former Conservative MPs made clear they would not support any attempt to limit parliament's sitting days as the October 31 Brexit deadline approaches.

It raised the prospect of Conservative MPs shuttling between Manchester and London over the course of the conference, which runs from Sunday until Wednesday, and many are unlikely to attend at all.

Downing Street appeared to row back on the plans to table a motion in the first place, with a spokesperson for the prime minister on Wednesday saying they were "not aware" of any plans to ask the Commons for a recess.

Conferences are usually an opportunity for Cabinet ministers to make headline-grabbing policy announcements and can often hand the party in question a significant boost in the polls.

But Jeremy Corbyn indicated on Wednesday that Labour — which held its conference on the weekend — would not support any attempt to shut down parliament for conference next week until Boris Johnson backed down on his threats to break the law and force a no-deal Brexit on October 31.

"I won't support anything that shuts down parliament until it is absolutely clear that the government will abide by the law and apply for an extension," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

And former Conservative MPs who were kicked out of the party after rebelling on Brexit would also vote against a recess motion, one leading member of the group confirmed to Business Insider.

Boris Johnson has a working majority of minus 43 in the Commons after withdrawing the Conservative whip from 21 rebels earlier in September, meaning he would struggle to win any vote.

Usually, the government tables a motion at the start of September to allow a recess for each party to hold its conference over the course of several weekends until October.

But Johnson instead attempted to shut down parliament from the start of September, meaning MPs did not have a chance to vote on the usual recess motion.

Johnson heads back into a political storm

The news came as Boris Johnson landed in London after he was forced to cut short his trip to New York after yesterday's explosive Supreme Court ruling threatened to derail his premiership.

Eleven judges found that the prime minister's attempt to shut down parliament for five weeks was ruled unlawful and void.

He will now head to the Commons — which hastily reconvened this morning — to make a statement on the furore surrounding the decision.

He told reporters in New York on Thursday that he "strongly" disagreed with the ruling but made clear he believed in the independence of the judiciary.