Politics on hold but Parliament will sit at the weekend to pay tributes to the Queen ⚫ Explained by emsferg
It is likely that the codeword was used to avoid leaks, with Sir Edward telling Ms Truss “London Bridge is down” on a secure line.
Ms Truss spoke to the King shortly after the conclusion of the speech and was due to meet with her top team, Ben Wallace , Suella Braverman , Penny Mordaunt and Nadhim Zahawi at about 9pm to co-ordinate the government response.The Departmental permanent secretaries will have each broken the news to their ministers., read: “We have just been informed of the death of Her Majesty The Queen.” Ministers will be told that “discretion is required”.
Parliament is then expected to sit for tributes on both Friday and Saturday. This will see MPs make statements to the House and pay tribute to the late Queen.Once this session called to pay tributes to the Queen has concluded, Parliament well then adjourn for 10 days with all parliamentary business suspended.
Though, Parliament could be brought back for any urgent business which could include Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s fiscal event.
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