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Kevin Schofield has covered UK politics for nearly 20 years for the Press Association, The Scotsman, The Herald, Daily Record and The Sun. He was editor of PoliticsHome between 2015 and 2020.
Roland Rudd has been urged to resign as chair of Open Britain by the pro-EU campaign group's own board, PoliticsHome can reveal.
Nicky Morgan has become the latest female Tory MP to announce that she is standing down at the general election.
The Jewish Labour Movement will not campaign to make Jeremy Corbyn Prime Minister, it has announced.
Home Secretary Priti Patel's most senior aide had to be escorted from a Commons bar by armed police.
Former Labour leadership hopeful Owen Smith will stand down as an MP at the general election.
Voters will go to the polls on 12 December after MPs finally backed Boris Johnson's bid to hold a pre-Christmas election.
Boris Johnson would support an election on 11 December - 24 hours earlier than he has been calling for.
Margaret Hodge has defeated an attempt by supporters of Jeremy Corbyn to have her dumped as a Labour MP.
Boris Johnson could end up supporting an SNP and Lib Dem bid to hold an election on 9 December if Parliament rejects his own proposal for a pre-Christman poll, it has emerged.
Tony Blair has said a general election and second EU referendum could take place on the same day.
Boris Johnson has threatened to effectively go on strike if MPs block his bid to hold a general election.
Labour has been plunged into chaos after deep splits emerged over whether it should support Boris Johnson's bid to hold a general election on 12 December.
Labour MP Ian Murray has been reselected to fight the next election, despite a bid by Unite to dump him.
Boris Johnson's attempt to hold an election on 12 December were left hanging in the balance after opposition parties warned they could withhold support for it.
Boris Johnson has called an emergency political Cabinet meeting amid fresh speculation that he wants to hold a general election before Christmas.
Splits within the Conservatives and Labour have erupted over calls for a general election before Christmas.
Attempts to revive the Withdrawal Agreement Bill (WAB) have collapsed after a summit of senior Tory and Labour figures broke up in acrimony.
Unite is attempting to boot out the only Scottish Labour MP elected in 2015, it has emerged.
Boris Johnson's Brexit deal has cleared its first parliamentary hurdle after MPs backed its general principles.
Ian Lavery has attacked Keir Starmer over his support for a referendum on Boris Johnson's Brexit deal.
Boris Johnson has called on Parliament to "take back control" by backing his Brexit deal in a crunch Commons vote.
MPs have reacted angrily after being told they will have just three days to scrutinise the landmark legislation delivering Brexit.
Firms in Northern Ireland will have to fill out export declaration forms when sending goods to Great Britain under Boris Johnson's Brexit deal, Stephen Barclay has confirmed.
Labour bosses have been criticised after an activist embroiled in a homophobia row was shortlisted to be a mayoral candidate for the party.
Boris Johnson will try to give MPs another chance to pass their verdict on his Brexit deal on Monday - teeing up a fresh Commons clash with John Bercow.
Boris Johnson has launched a last-ditch bid to persuade Labour MPs to back his Brexit deal by pledging to bolster workers' rights and environmental standards after the UK quite the EU.
Downing Street will launch a charm offensive as it attempts to win Parliament's backing for Boris Johnson's new Brexit deal.
The new House of Commons Speaker must do more than John Bercow to tackle bullying at Westminster, Jacob Rees-Mogg has declared.
From the role of the Speaker to the power of the House of Lords, Jacob Rees-Mogg believes the Brexit debate has exposed the need for reform to the our parliamentary system. The leader of the Commons talks to Kevin Schofield
Anyone who tells you they know how Saturday's vote on Boris Johnson's Brexit deal will go is lying to you.
Boris Johnson's hopes of winning MPs' support for his Brexit agreement have been dealt a huge blow after the DUP announced it will not vote for it.
A Brexit deal has been done despite the DUP insisting they are not ready to back the new-look agreement.
The DUP has warned Boris Johnson it still cannot back his Brexit deal, just hours before a crucial Brussels summit is due to begin.
Jacob Rees-Mogg has hit back at Amber Rudd after she claimed there was a "whiff of sexism" about the way Tory Brexiteers are ready to back Boris Johnson's Brexit deal after rejecting Theresa May's.
Boris Johnson would be taking a "high stakes gamble with the Union" if he pursues a no-deal Brexit, according to a leading think tank.
Labour MPs have told the party's chairman that they will not back calls for a snap election.