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		</div><p>Downing Street has cancelled all leave for Government advisers in the run up to Britain’s withdrawal from the EU on October 31.</p>
<p>Boris Johnson’s chief strategic adviser Sir Edward Lister emailed all special advisers on Thursday informing them that no holidays should be booked until the end of October.</p>
<p>The move is likely to fuel speculation that ministers are preparing the ground for a general election after MPs return to Westminster in September.</p>
<p>In his email, seen by The Guardian, Sir Edward told staff there had been “some confusion about taking holiday”.</p>
<p>He said no leave should be booked until October 31 and that compensation would be considered “on case by case basis” for those who already had holidays booked.</p>
<p><em>“There is serious work to be done between now and October 31 and we should be focused on the job,”</em> the email said.</p>
<p>A Government source said that the decision reflected Mr Johnson’s determination to ensure the country was fully prepared for Brexit when the time came.</p>
<p><em>“The Government has been very clear that it has got to deliver exit from the EU on October 31, with or without a deal,”</em> the source said.</p>
<p><em>“One of the ways to get Whitehall working is through special advisers.”</em></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-138119" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/2.31610222.jpg" alt="UK government cancels staff leave from Number 10 up to Brexit" width="600" height="338" /></p>
<p>A snap general election this autumn would need to follow a strict timetable by law, even if it was triggered by a vote of no confidence in the Government.</p>
<p>MPs return to the Commons from their summer recess on September 3.</p>
<p>This is the earliest opportunity for a motion of no-confidence to be tabled by the Opposition.</p>
<p>The motion would most likely be debated on the following day, September 4, ending with a vote.</p>
<p>If the motion is passed, and a majority of MPs voted to say they did not have confidence in Boris Johnson’s government, a 14-day period would be automatically triggered beginning at midnight on the same day.</p>
<p>During these 14 days, MPs have the chance to form a new government that can win a vote of confidence.</p>
<p>If the 14-day period was triggered on September 4, it would end on September 18.</p>
<p>Were MPs fail to pass a motion of confidence in a new government by the end of September 18, a general election would be automatically triggered.</p>
<p>A Crown proclamation would then be made to set the general election date, followed by a dissolution of parliament.</p>
<p>The prime minister gets to advise the Queen on what the date should be, however.</p>
<p>There is also a rule dictating the minimum length of time between dissolution and the date of the election.</p>
<p>Parliament must be dissolved at the beginning of the 25th working day before polling day.</p>
<p>To accommodate this 25-day period, the earliest possible date for a general election would be October 31, the day the UK is due to leave the EU, with or without a deal.</p>
<p>In this scenario, parliament would be dissolved on September 26.</p>
<p>But this presumes that polling day has to be on a Thursday, as it has been for every general election since 1935.</p>
<p>In theory a general election could take place on any day of the week, and hence before October 31, though the timings would still be tight.</p>
<p>And it would still require Boris Johnson to pick the date himself.</p>
<p>He might decide to advise the Queen on a date beyond October 31, after the UK is due to leave the EU, possibly without a deal.</p>
<p>On the other hand Mr Johnson might respond to a vote of no confidence by calling an election immediately.</p>
<p>The last time the UK held a general election in the month of October was 1974.</p>
<p>Further back, the last time a general election took place in November was 1935, while there has not been one in December since 1923.</p>
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