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John Johnston is a political reporter for PoliticsHome, with a focus on foreign affairs and defence.
Jeremy Corbyn has been forced to abandon plans to table a motion of no confidence in Boris Johnson's government as opposition parties agreed a new strategy to stop a no-deal Brexit.
Labour's Brexit position is mired in fresh confusion after Keir Starmer claimed the party would campaign for Remain under "any outcome".
Boris Johnson has refused to rule out suspending Parliament in order to force through a no-deal Brexit.
Boris Johnson is to hand peerages to prominent Brexit supporters, it has been claimed.
Jeremy Corbyn has said he is prepared to do "everything necessary" to prevent a no-deal Brexit.
Trade minister Conor Burns has been slammed for "cosying up" to the Brazilian government amid growing criticism of the country's response to the Amazon wildfires.
UK farms face "carnage" in the event of a no-deal Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn has warned.
Ministers have been urged to act after a new report found more than one in ten children in England now live in overcrowded conditions.
A cross-party group of MPs has accused the Government of making "unacceptable" cutbacks to key climate change programmes.
A Labour government would implement a complete ban on keeping primates as pets, the party has announced.
Number 10 has rejected MPs’ demands to recall Parliament over growing concerns about the impact of a no-deal Brexit.
Jeremy Corbyn has announced a "radical" plan to rejuvenate flagging high streets by seizing empty shops.
Grant Shapps has warned rebels in his own party to think "very hard" about supporting Jeremy Corbyn's bid to halt a no-deal Brexit.
Jeremy Corbyn has slammed Conservative and Liberal Democrat ministers after a "disastrous" cut to a flagship Labour insulation scheme resulted in soaring energy bills.
Jo Swinson has agreed to hold talks on halting a no-deal Brexit with Jeremy Corbyn, just hours after rejecting a call to back him as a temporary Prime Minister.
Tory former minister Guto Bebb has dropped his strongest hint yet he would back a motion of no confidence against Boris Johnson.
Jeremy Corbyn has urged fellow opposition party leaders and senior backbenchers to support him in a "time-limited" government to help block a no-deal Brexit.
Boris Johnson should use his new police funding pledge to reverse the "collapse" of community policing, a former senior officer has said.
Labour have demanded a review into grouse shooting over growing concerns at the practice’s impact on climate change.
Dominic Cummings' position as a government strategist has become "intolerable for democracy", Lord Heseltine has said.
Richard Braine has been elected as the new leader of Ukip.
Gordon Brown has accused John McDonnell of falling into a “nationalist trap” after he said a future Labour government would not block a second Scottish independence referendum.
Boris Johnson could face an election drubbing unless his government rejects a focus on “rampant individualism”, according to a new report.
Ex-Labour minister Kim Howells has taken aim at Jeremy Corbyn over the party's "disastrous" result in the Brecon and Radnorshire by-election.
Sarah Wollaston has slammed "crass" Tory whips for ordering her out of her Commons office while she is caring for an ill relative.
Jeremy Corbyn has been criticised for appearing at a pro-Palestine rally in which protesters held banners comparing Israel to the Nazis.
Sajid Javid is making an extra £2bn available to make sure the UK is ready for a no-deal Brexit.
Ministers have come under fire for rejecting a cross-party call to rein in the "arbitary" and "unfair" detention of people by the immigration system.
Ministers are taking a "shameful" hands-off approach to tackling serious youth violence, a group of influential MPs has warned.
Boris Johnson has been told to stop playing "Russian roulette" with the agricultural sector as he embarks on his first official visit to Wales.
Jeremy Corbyn has warned Boris Johnson that the UK will miss its climate change targets unless he implements a ban on fracking.
A probe into an altercation between a former minister and a female climate protester has been dropped after he was sacked by Boris Johnson.
The UK's top civil servant has been urged to veto the appointment of controversial political strategist Dominic Cummings to a top Downing Street post.
Theresa May has come under fire after reportedly putting forward her former chief of staff Gavin Barwell for a peerage.
The troubled former Labour MP Jared O'Mara has annouced he will finally resign his seat and trigger a by-election in the coming weeks.