By James Slack and Martin Robinson David Cameron put the UK on a collision course with Europe today as he promised to fight a ruling forcing Britain to give prisoners the vote. The Prime Minister insisted the decision was one for MPs, not a 'foreign court', after human rights judges issued an ultimatum giving the Government six months to change the law. European judges rode roughshod over British sovereignty yesterday by ruling that prisoners must be allowed to vote. In a devastating blow, they rejected last year's overwhelming vote by MPs for maintaining our historic blanket ban on voting by convicts.
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MP's brand Strasbourg ruling an 'infringement of Parliament's rights'
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Euro court states ban on prisoners voting violates human rights
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Ministers given six month deadline to amend rules or be forced to hand criminals thousands of pounds in compensation
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David Cameron this afternoon pledges to fight the ruling
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