THE SUPREME Court has ruled that Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to suspend parliament was unlawful.

The Prime Minister previously announced his intention to prorogue parliament for five weeks until October 14 - a move which critics say was engineered to dampen parliamentary scrutiny over the Brexit process.

However, in a unanimous decision of all 11 judges, the Supreme Court announced the move was unlawful and the prorogation was void.

Lady Hale, who announced the verdict, said: "It is for Parliament, and particularly the Speaker and the Lord Speaker, to decide what to do next.

"Unless there is some Parliamentary rule of which we are unaware, they can take immediate steps to enable each House to meet as soon as possible.

"It is not clear to us that any step is needed from the Prime Minister, but if it is, the court is pleased that his counsel have told the court that he will take all necessary steps to comply with the terms of any declaration made by this court."

Numerous high profile politicians, including Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP's House of Commons leader Ian Blackford, are calling for the Prime Minister to resign.

West Dorset MP Sir Oliver Letwin said: "This judgement has huge implications. We will all need to take the time to consider them. In the meanwhile, Parliament will clearly need to reconvene."

John Bercow, the Speaker of the House of Commons, said that parliament should prepare to resume business tomorrow.