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Matt is the former news editor of PoliticsHome. He joined PoliticsHome as a reporter in 2014 and also served as deputy editor of Whitehall sister title Civil Service World. He was acting editor of PoliticsHome from April to August 2020
Boris Johnson has called on the Metropolitan Police to use the "full force of the law" against environmental protestors Extinction Rebellion.
Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to hold Boris Johnson "to account" as opposition party leaders prepared to thrash out plans to halt a no-deal Brexit.
Labour would hand football fans the power to challenge "bad owners" like Newcastle United's Mike Ashley, Jeremy Corbyn has announced.
Talk of installing John Bercow as a caretaker Prime Minister to halt a no-deal Brexit is "fantasy football", a prominent Labour frontbencher has said.
Shadow Attorney General Shami Chakrabarti has called for an investigation into claims Boris Johnson groped a journalist when he was editor of The Spectator.
The Tories have opened up a fifteen-point poll lead over Labour and strengthen their standing with Brexit supporters, a fresh study has found.
The Liberal Democrats will be "blamed" for a no-deal Brexit if they do not get behind Jeremy Corbyn as a caretaker prime minister, John McDonnell has warned.
Boris Johnson has warned European leaders that Britain is "packing our bags" and will "head off on our own" if they do not back his Brexit plan.
Boris Johnson has been accused of "running from scrutiny" after he missed another deadline to appear before a powerful cross-party group of MPs.
Priti Patel is set to order police watchdogs to investigate Scotland Yard over the way it handled a long-running investigation into claims of sexual abuse by high-profile public figures.
Boris Johnson's hopes of getting a new Brexit deal through the House of Commons have been boosted after a leading Tory eurosceptic said he was ready to back it.
Boris Johnson has called on the EU to avoid a "failure of statecraft" as he unveiled his long-awaited plan to replace the Irish backstop and strike a Brexit deal.
John McDonnell has predicted that he can "convert" Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson over to backing Jeremy Corbyn as a caretaker Prime Minister.
Diane Abbott will make history on Wednesday as the first black person to represent their party at Prime Minister's Questions.
Britain’s top mandarin has vowed to “resist” efforts to drag the civil service into political rows about Brexit, according to a leaked letter.
The UK government has suggested placing customs checks away from the Irish border as a way of breaking the Brexit deadlock, it has emerged.
The DUP will never accept a Brexit deal that sees Northern Ireland signed up to different customs rules to the rest of the United Kingdom, Arlene Foster has warned Boris Johnson.
Jacob Rees-Mogg has accused John Bercow of plunging the reputation of the House of Commons to the "lowest point in modern history".
Shadow Brexit minister Matthew Pennycook has quit as a Labour frontbencher just days after a major party row over its EU stance.
An emotional Jo Swinson has told the House of Commons how she had to report a threat made against her child to the police, amid cross-party calls to tone down "abusive" rhetoric.
Boris Johnson faced an angry backlash after he told the House of Commons to "honour" murdered MP Jo Cox by getting behind his Brexit plans.
The Attorney General has apologised to MPs after being accused of make a "joke" about domestic violence.
Attorney General Geoffrey Cox has slapped down his Cabinet colleague Jacob Rees-Mogg over a claim that the Supreme Court had launched a "constitutional coup" against the Government.
Boris Johnson has criticised the Supreme Court after judges ruled that his decision to suspend Parliament was unlawful.
John Bercow has ordered MPs to return to the Commons on Wednesday after the Supreme Court gave an "unambiguous" ruling that Boris Johnson's decision to prorogue Parliament was unlawful.
The European Union is behind Ireland and will not "fold" on the backstop, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has warned Boris Johnson.
Boris Johnson has vowed not to quit if the Supreme Court rules against him over his decision to suspend Parliament.
Donald Trump has heaped praise on Boris Johnson after the Prime Minister said Barack Obama had struck a "bad deal" with Iran over its nuclear ambitions.
It is “very likely” Labour will shift to backing Remain, predicts Keir Starmer - despite members killing off a bid to get the party to back an explicitly anti-Brexit stance in a second referendum.
Boris Johnson has refused to rule out Britain joining military action against Iran as he blamed it for attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities.
Labour has urged Boris Johnson to address claims he failed to declare potential conflicts of interest while he was mayor of London.
Labour members will be given the chance to shift the party to a pro-Remain Brexit position on Monday in a major challenge to Jeremy Corbyn.
A "battle for the future of the Labour Party is underway", Tom Watson has warned, after a dramatic bid to oust him as deputy leader ran aground.
Sadiq Khan has warned Jeremy Corbyn that Labour must not be “neutral” and instead back Remain in a second EU referendum.
The Liberal Democrats have pushed back angrily after Labour's Diane Abbott accused their new leader Jo Swinson of "enabling" Donald Trump and Nigel Farage.
Jeremy Corbyn would be Prime Minister by now if he had not been "knifed" by Labour MPs, Len McCluskey has claimed.