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Alain Tolhurst is Chief Reporter at PoliticsHome and host of The Rundown podcast each week.
Boris Johnson has insisted he is “not bluffing” about a no deal Brexit amid warnings from two Cabinet ministers that pursuing such a course would crash the pound and threaten the union.
Boris Johnson has vowed to reverse the cuts to police numbers made under successive Tory governments if he becomes Prime Minister.
Labour has said Health Secretary Matt Hancock must quit the Cabinet if Boris Johnson becomes Prime Minister and scraps the sugar tax.
Dominic Grieve has vowed to fight on in his quest to prevent a no-deal Brexit despite his latest plans being dashed by John Bercow.
Labour wants the civil service to start making preparations for a second referendum as the party plans to be in power later this year, according to John McDonnell.
Brexit Party MEPs have been branded “pathetic” for turning their back on the EU anthem in the European Parliament.
Jeremy Hunt has labelled the BBC an “absolute joke” for organising a Tory leadership debate ten days after ballots have been sent to party members.
An attempt by MPs to try and block a no-deal Brexit by cutting off spending to government departments has been dashed by John Bercow.
An outgoing Tory MEP who had been supporting Boris Johnson to be his party's next leader has announced he is now backing Jeremy Hunt.
Winning the Tory leadership could be the easy part for the next Prime Minister amid suggestions whoever gets the keys to Number 10 could face a vote to kick them straight out on day one.
Boris Johnson said he feels a “deep sense of anguish” over Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe - but rejected the claim he has any responsibility for her current plight.
Theresa May is said to be planning on using her final days in office to make sure new domestic abuse legislation is passed.
Boris Johnson has insisted there is "cash available" for his ambitious spending plans if he becomes Prime Minister.
Jeremy Corbyn has hit back at claims he isn’t healthy enough to become Prime Minister and called for an investigation to find the civil servants who made them.
Theresa May has suggested she will vote to block any attempt by her successor to force through a no-deal Brexit this autumn.
Boris Johnson has suggested he would sack every minister from the Cabinet who won’t back a no-deal Brexit if he becomes Prime Minister.
Jeremy Hunt has called on broadcasters not to cancel their Tory leadership debates even if Boris Johnson is refusing to take part in them.
The Conservatives will be "out of government for a generation” unless they reconnect with "metropolitan Britain", George Osborne has said.
A tearful Labour MP has hit out at the parents protesting against LGBT education, defiantly telling them “we aren't going to get back in the closet”.
Brussels will not put up tariffs on trade with the UK even if there is a no-deal Brexit, Boris Johnson has insisted.
Jeremy Hunt has vowed to boost defence spending by 25% over the next five years if he becomes Prime Minister.
Sajid Javid has ordered a review into Theresa May’s proposed £30,000 threshold for immigrants to qualify for a work visa after the UK leaves the EU.
Expect “white smoke” from Labour on a second referendum on Tuesday, John McDonnell has said, as the Shadow Cabinet meets to thrash out the party’s Brexit policy.
With one by-election guaranteed and potentially another on the cards, the Tories’ loosening hold on power could be removed altogether by the time their new leader is elected.
The Government’s controversial pornography age verification plans have been delayed again, because the UK failed to properly notify the EU about them.
The SNP’s Ian Blackford sparked a row in the Commons after he branded Boris Johnson a “racist” who was "not fit for office" during Prime Minister’s Questions.
Rory Stewart has revealed that he and Michael Gove are "talking about combining forces" to take on Boris Johnson in the race to be the next Prime Minister.
Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay has urged Michel Barnier to work together to ring-fence citizens’ rights even if there is a no-deal Brexit.
Tory polling guru Sir Lynton Crosby says the next Tory leader must give the British people “a sense of hope” and must be “someone of character”.
Tory members are willing to destroy their own party, sacrifice the Union and allow Scottish independence and a united Ireland if it means leaving the European Union, according to a new poll.
The maximum sentence magistrates can hand down to criminals should be doubled to 12 months to reduce Crown Court congestion, according to a cross-party group of MPs.
Tom Watson has said he fears "Labour is leaving me" as he called on the party to campaign for Remain in a second EU referendum.
Former Cabinet minister and peer John Gummer has been cleared by sleaze watchdogs over claims he failed to properly declare and register relevant financial interests.