Britain’s Brexit saga enters a new phase on Monday, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson prorogues – or suspends – Parliament for over a month.

Prorogation doesn’t dissolve a parliament—they only end ahead of a general election. Usually, prorogations take place during spring, and the recess that follows can vary in length.

He said prorogation was "a well-established constitutional function exercised by the executive" and decisions about it were "squarely… within that political or high policy area".

While prorogation is a normal process, the length of suspension in this case - from 9 September to 14 October - was deemed unusually long.

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