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Critics have called the controversial decision a 鈥渃onstitutional outrage鈥� but how exactly do you prorogue parliament? And what does it mean to do so?

Parliament will be suspended just days after MPs return to work in September - and only a few weeks before the Brexit deadline.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said a Queen's Speech would take place after the suspension, on 14 October, to outline his "very exciting agenda".

Elizabeth Glinka reports.