Boris Johnson has asked the Queen to suspend Parliament in mid-September to make it harder for MPs to stop a no-deal Brexit.

The move prompted outrage among political opponents, with opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn demanding a meeting with the monarch to request that the suspension was blocked.

Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson and the Independent Group For Change leader Anna Soubry also asked to meet the Queen in an unprecedented day in British politics.

However, the Queen approved accepted Johnson's request.

Johnson insisted Parliament would still have "ample time" to debate Brexit.

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Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn requested an urgent meeting with Queen to demand she blocks Boris Johnson's plan to suspend Parliament in order to force through Brexit.

The prime minister met with the Queen on Wednesday morning to request that she shuts down Parliament on September 9, just days after members return from their summer break, until October 14.

The move appeared designed to limit the opportunity for Members of Parliament to press ahead with their plans to prevent Johnson from leaving the European Union on October 31 without a deal.

The Queen accepted the request on Wednesday afternoon.

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Labour Party leader Corbyn wrote to the Queen, asking for an urgent meeting about Johnson's move.

"I am appalled at the recklessness of Johnson's government, which talks about sovereignty and yet is seeking to suspend parliament to avoid scrutiny of its plans for a reckless No Deal Brexit," he said in a statement.

Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson and Anna Soubry, who leads the Independent Group for Change, also asked for emergency meetings with the Queen, who has been dragged into a growing constitutional crisis.

Watch Corbyn attack Johnson's "smash and grab on our democracy"

House of Commons Speaker John Bercow described Johnson's move as a "constitutional outrage."

Bercow said: "However it is dressed up it is blindingly obvious that the purpose of prorogation now would be to stop Parliament debating Brexit and performing its duty."

Other senior politicians, including Conservative MP and former Chancellor, Philip Hammond, joined the backlash against Prime Minister Johnson's plan.

He tweeted: "It would be a constitutional outrage if Parliament were prevented from holding the government to account at a time of national crisis. Profoundly undemocratic."

A large protest is expected outside parliament on Wednesday evening.

Johnson denied trying to subvert parliament, telling ITV news that there would still be "ample time" for parliament to scrutinise the United Kingdom's exit from the EU.

In a letter to all members of parliament, he added: "Parliament will have the opportunity to debate the Government's overall programme, and approach to Brexit, in the run up to EU Council, and then vote on this on 21 and 22 October, once we know the outcome of the Council."