The UK is poised to trigger a snap election after opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn on Tuesday told his top team of policy advisers that he will back a December general election, Eurasia Diary reports cititng Deutsche Welle.

Corbyn said the reversal comes now that the prospect of a no-deal Brexit with the European Union has been taken off the table.

"I have consistently said that we are ready for an election and our support is subject to a no deal Brexit being off the table," he told his shadow cabinet, according to his office.  

"We have now heard from the EU that the extension of Article 50 to 31st January has been confirmed, so for the next three months, our condition of taking no deal off the table has now been met. We will now launch the most ambitious and radical campaign for real change our country has ever seen," Corbyn said. 

"We're going out there to win," he stressed.

The opposition leader's remarks were made hours before Prime Minister Boris Johnson was set to once again ask British lawmakers to approve an early election.

The government wants an election on December 12. However, the Liberal Democrats and the Scottish National Party favor a date of December 9. There have been indications from Downing Street that the government may concede to a date of December 11.