Philip Hammond has said that MPs will move against the Government to stop no deal next week, and cannot wait until the scheduled debate on Brexit in late September.

Under the timetable set out by Boris Johnson, Parliament will not debate Brexit or the upcoming Queen's speech until October 21 and 22.

Mr Hammond said he had "always made clear that I am not interested in bringing down the Government" but that he wanted the Government to acknowledge that "the majority is opposed to a no deal Brexit.”

He suggested that MPs should move against no deal when Parliament returns on September 3.

Mr Hammond's intervention comes after the Queen announced that Parliament will be suspended from the second week in September to October 14.

Mr Johnson spoke to the Queen at Balmoral today in advance of a Privy Council meeting where the order was given.

A new session of Parliament will begin with a Queen's Speech on October 14.

Jeremy Corbyn wrote to the Queen to express his concerns about Boris Johnson's plans to suspend Parliament, requesting a meeting with Her Majesty and her Privy Counsellors.

But his letter was too late, and the Queen had already met with privy counsellors including Jacob Rees-Mogg, Mark Spencer, Chief Whip, and Baroness Evans, Leader of the House of Lords.

An extract from the Labour leader's letter shows he told the Queen her prerogative as monarch was being "set directly against the wishes of a majority of the House of Commons".