Labour will attempt to delay a general election until November after Jeremy Corbyn's own MPs warned he would lose if it came any sooner.
The Labour leader believes he can trap Boris Johnson by refusing to agree to his preferred Oct 15 election date, forcing the Prime Minister to seek a Brexit extension before a poll is held.
He has agreed a pact with the SNP that will see both parties opposing an election before Oct 20 at the earliest. Three of Mr Corbyn's most senior frontbenchers insist it should be pushed back beyond the current Oct 31 exit date.