Boris Johnson is apparently willing to collapse government to get a General Election (Picture: AP)

Boris Johnson will demand his whole Cabinet resigns as a final attempt to get a General Election, according to a new report.

The Prime Minister is apparently prepared to collapse government if he does not manage to negotiate a Brexit deal at a summit with the EU by October 18.

Mr Johnson and his team feel Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn would struggle to form a temporary government and the UK would then have to vote in December, the Sunday Mirror reported.

If the PM quit he would also not have to sign a letter demanding a Brexit extension and that duty would instead fall on the Speaker of the House John Bercow, the report added.




Brexit could then be delayed until January 31.

A source in Westminster said: ‘We say the Speaker is constitutionally entitled to do this with Parliament’s support.’

Mr Johnson, who has repeatedly promised to leave the EU by October 31, would reportedly stay on as Conservative Party leader so he could contest a General Election at the end of the year.

The Tories do not think Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn can form a unity government (Picture: PA)

The PM’s promise to leave the EU by Halloween could potentially force civil servants to make tough decisions.

They would need the Tory leader to put in writing they were ordered to break the law that requires the UK to seek an extension if a Brexit deal is not agreed, the report added.

The government workers could also resign if they were not comfortable with going along with the government’s plan.

Head of civil service union PCS Mark Serwotka added: ‘We have raised this issue with the Cabinet Office and they recognise there is a potential problem with civil servants breaking the law. It’s a deplorable situation.’

Collapsing the government is apparently one of several loopholes the Conservatives are contemplating to secure Brexit.

Others reportedly include using EU law or Privy Councillors to postpone the Benn Act.

Meanwhile, Mr Johnson has set out plans for 40 new hospitals as the Tories prepare to make the NHS a key battleground in the next general election.

With the Conservative Party conference opening in Manchester on Sunday, the Prime Minister said the Government was embarking on ‘the biggest hospital building programme in a generation’.

In an interview with The Sunday Telegraph, he said spending on the NHS was “absolutely central” to his vision of a ‘united society and a united country’.

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