Mps to vote on election this afternoon

The British Prime Minister will face MPs this lunchtime - after asking them to back her plans for an early general election.

She's expected to easily win the support of two-thirds of members in the Commons later - with Labour and the Lib Dems both welcoming a June vote. But Theresa May's ruled out facing the leaders of those parties in TV debates. Home secretary Amber Rudd says she wants to meet voters face-to-face instead.