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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.
Boris Johnson will not resign as Prime Minister even if MPs reject his Queen's Speech.
John McDonnell clashed with Len McCluskey in the wake of a major shake-up of Jeremy Corbyn's office, PoliticsHome has learned.
No wonder the Queen looked annoyed.
Sajid Javid will deliver his first Budget as Chancellor on 6 November - but only if the UK leaves the EU with a deal on 31 October.
Foreign criminals who breach their deportation orders by returning to the UK will be locked up for longer under plans to be announced in the Queen's Speech.
Splits among senior members of the Shadow Cabinet have burst into the open after Rebecca Long-Bailey said she could back a second EU referendum taking place before the next general election.
EU bosses have agreed to intensify talks aimed at agreeing a Brexit deal in time for a crunch summit next week.
Donald Tusk has warned Boris Johnson that "time is practically up" for the UK to agree a new Brexit deal with the EU.
Chief EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier will decide whether talks between the UK and Brussels are to intensify amid fresh hope that a deal could be reached before 31 October.
Hopes of a breakthrough in the Brexit talks have risen after Boris Johson and Leo Varadkar identified "a pathway to a possible deal".
Labour MPs who have vowed to back Boris Johnson's Brexit plans have been accused by their colleagues of putting the Northern Ireland peace process at risk.
Talks on a new Brexit deal are on the brink of collapse after the president of the European Parliament declared that "no progress" has been made in the negotiations
Labour MPs have vowed to vote for a new Brexit deal as they made a last-ditch plea for the EU to reach an agreement with Boris Johnson.
A key aide to Jeremy Corbyn has been effectively sacked from her job in a major Labour party shake-up ahead of the upcoming general election.
Fresh splits have erupted between Labour and the Lib Dems over who should be Prime Minister in a "unity" government if Boris Johnson is brought down over Brexit.
Boris Johnson could snub a make-or-break EU summit unless significant progress is made on a new Brexit deal by the end of the week.
The European Union will be making a "historic" mistake if it thinks the Benn Act will stop Brexit from happening on 31 October, according to Number 10.
A Labour candidate in a key election battleground has been suspended by the party.
Labour has been plunged into a race row after a frontrunner to become the candidate in a safe seat was suspended just hours before a crunch selection meeting.
Boris Johnson's hopes of securing a new Brexit deal have diminished after the DUP launched a furious attack on Ireland's resonse to the Prime Minister's latest offer.
Labour is failing to tackle the widespread "bullying and harassment" of female party members, according to a senior MP.
A Conservative peer has suggested that Dominic Cummings should have his parliamentary security pass revoked.
A Jewish Labour MP is to face a move to oust her on the holiest day in the religion's calendar.
Business leaders have given a muted response to Boris Johnson's Tory conference speech - and renewed their warnings about the economic impact of a no-deal Brexit.
Boris Johnson has insisted the UK does not want to see customs checks "at or near" the Irish border as he called on the EU to "compromise" in order to strike a new Brexit deal.
A Cabinet minister has suggested scrapping a "left wing" bank holiday and replacing it with a day celebrating the United Kingdom.
Boris Johnson will on Wednesday present the UK's final Brexit offer to the EU - and vow to leave with no deal if it is not accepted.
Boris Johnson has admitted he was "no memory" of a lunch at which he is alleged to have groped two women.
Tory Brexiteers have signalled that they are ready to drop some of their key objections to a deal with the EU which could see the UK leave the bloc on 31 October.
The most serious offenders will no longer be released halfway through their sentences under plans to toughen up the justice system.
Opposition parties have distanced themselves from the SNP's attempts to bring down the Government during the Conservative Party conference.
A Labour government would scrap Universal Credit, Jeremy Corbyn is to announce.
Sir John Major's suggestion that Boris Johnson could use an arcane political manoeuver to deliver a no-deal Brexit is "total cobblers", Number 10 has claimed.
Rosie Winterton has launched a surprise bid to succeed John Bercow as Commons Speaker.
Commons Speaker John Bercow's "impartiality" has been called into question by one of the deputies who wants his job.
Dominic Cummings has warned MPs it is "not surprising" that voters are angry with them over their failure to deliver Brexit.