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John Johnston is a political reporter for PoliticsHome, with a focus on foreign affairs and defence.
Boris Johnson should adopt a "balanced" approach to handling immigration as public interest in the issue wanes, a top think tank has suggested.
Jeremy Corbyn has branded private hospitals "disgraceful" for charging the NHS £300-a-bed for coronavirus patients.
John Bercow "flew into a rage" with a member of his Commons staff after his toothpaste was confiscated at the airport, a new biography has claimed.
Matt Hancock has insisted that creating so-called "herd immunity" in the UK against coronavirus is not part of the Government's plan for tackling the killer illness.
The Electoral Commission has recommended ministers delay the upcoming local and mayoral elections amid the coronavirus outbreak.
The UK has officially moved to the delay phase of its coronavirus response plan, Nicola Sturgeon has announced.
Spending plans announced in the Budget are "nothing like as generous as they appear", according to a fresh analysis from the Institute of Fiscal Studies.
The Labour leadership result could be announced behind close doors as a result the growing coronavirus outbreak, according John McDonnell.
Catch up on all the key figures and pledges from Chancellor Rishi Sunak's first ever Budget.
Boris Johnson will not be tested for coronavirus despite attending a Downing Street event with Nadine Dorries days before she was diagnosed with the virus.
British exporters are set to benefit from a £5bn cash injection to boost overseas trade, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced.
Companies are set to benefit from a national insurance cut in a bid to boost employment among recent Armed Forces veterans, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced.
Downing Street has established a new unit to tackle fake news relating to the coronavirus outbreak.
Boris Johnson has announced a new £46m funding package to help develop a vaccine and rapid testing kit for coronavirus.
Labour has claimed the Government is "in chaos" and Downing Street confirmed the national infrastructure plan has been delayed.
Ministers have spent more than £4bn preparing for Brexit, according to a new report by the government spending watchdog.
MPs have been handed an inflation-busting pay rise which will see their annual salary soar to almost £82,000.
A leading Muslim group has step up its call for Britain's equalities watchdog to launch an investigation into the Conservative Party amid a wave of new allegations.
Michel Barnier has warned there are "serious divergences" between the UK and the EU following the first round of talks on Britain's post-Brexit relationship with the bloc.