The EU will grant a further Brexit delay beyond 31 October if a letter of request is received from Boris Johnson, but the bloc will not make the first move, senior officials in Brussels have said. Shortly after the Commons put the prime minister under a legal obligation to seek an extension, a spokeswoman for the European commission called for clarification from Downing Street. “The European commission takes note of the vote in the House of Commons today on the so-called Letwin amendment, meaning that the withdrawal agreement itself was not put to vote today,” she said. “It will be for the UK government to inform us ... (full story)