A petition demanding Parliament hold a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister David Cameron will not be debated by MPs, despite it exceeding the 100,000 signatures required to oblige their attention. 

As of Thursday afternoon, a total of 189,862 people have signed the e-petition which accuses the PM of causing “devastation for the poorest in society for the last five years.” 

However, more than 6,000 “fraudulent” names were removed by the government. 

Explaining why thousands of signatures were withdrawn, a spokeswoman for the House of Commons said: “6,208 signatures which matched more than one of the criteria indicating fraud have been removed from the petition calling for a vote of no confidence in David Cameron.”