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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
Health ministers have drawn up plans to airlift emergency medicines into Britain in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
Opposition parties have given a mixed reaction to Jeremy Corbyn's call for them to back him as head of a "time-limited" government aimed at preventing a no-deal Brexit.
Former Tory MP Sarah Wollaston has joined the Liberal Democrats, party leader Jo Swinson has confirmed.
The Home Office has been condemned as "offensive" after it launched a plan to combat knife crime by placing anti-weapon messages on fried chicken boxes.
Philip Hammond has said he is "very confident" MPs will come up with a way to stop Boris Johnson taking Britain out of the EU without a deal in October.
Labour will be "stronger together" if it works with the Liberal Democrats to stop a no-deal Brexit, Tom Watson has declared.
Philip Hammond has told Boris Johnson he risks a "betrayal" of the 2016 Brexit referendum if he leaves the European Union without an agreement.
John Bercow has promised to "fight with every breath in my body" to prevent Boris Johnson from proroguing Parliament in order to achieve a no-deal Brexit.
Anti-Brexit politicians hoping to use the courts to stop Boris Johnson from shutting down Parliament will get a chance to make their case in September, it has been confirmed.
Britain is "first in line" for a trade deal with the United States after Brexit, Donald Trump's national security adviser has claimed.
Boris Johnson would be backed by 44% of the public if he shut down Parliament in order to achieve Brexit, a new poll has suggested.
Sajid Javid is planning to unleash millions of special 50p Brexit coins on the British public in time for 31 October, it has been reported.
Boris Johnson has unveiled £2.5bn of funding for new prison places and given the go-ahead for more police use of stop-and-search powers as he vowed to "come down hard on crime".
Boris Johnson has pledged £250m to boost the use of artificial intelligence in the NHS.
Jeremy Corbyn would tell the Queen Labour is "taking over" if Boris Johnson lost a vote of no confidence, John McDonnell has said.
Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard has told John McDonnell that voters do not want a second independence referendum, amid open warfare in the party over a fresh poll.
Boris Johnson has been warned that refusing to quit after losing a vote of no confidence would trigger the "gravest" constitutional crisis since the English Civil War.
Ministers have promised to scrap "unfair" pension rules brought in by George Osborne amid warnings they are penalising NHS staff for taking on extra work.
Labour does not want to hand Boris Johnson a "get out of jail free card" by supporting a national unity government aimed at stopping a no-deal Brexit, Rebecca Long-Bailey has said.
Leaving the European Union without a deal is now Boris Johnson's "central scenario", Brussels diplomats have been told.
Too many pension funds are making a "fat living" from savers through hidden fees, a cross-party group of MPs has warned.
Fewer than three in ten British exporters will have they paperwork they need to cope with a no-deal Brexit, Treasury figures have suggested.
Labour's John McDonnell has accused Chancellor Sajid Javid of being implicated in "some of the worst excesses of the casino economy" during his time as a banker.
MPs can still stop Britain from leaving the European Union without a deal despite "disinformation" from senior Downing Street adviser Dominic Cummings, a prominent pro-Remain backbencher has said.
Boris Johnson has praised the NHS as the "very best of Britain" as he vowed to channel a £1.8bn cash boost into the health service's frontline.
Almost two-thirds of the parents affected by the Conservatives' two-child welfare cap are in work, official figures have revealed.
Priti Patel has accused Facebook of making it harder for the police to investigate child abuse and terrorism cases as she called for spooks to be handed access to encrypted conversations.
Most Tory MPs "do not care" about the poor or the NHS, according to Boris Johnson's top adviser.
It is "up to the EU" if Britain leaves the European Union without a deal, Boris Johnson has declared.
Alastair Campbell has told Jeremy Corbyn that he will not push to rejoin Labour as he launched a full-blooded attack on the party's strategy.
Boris Johnson should stop "ignoring" Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson or risk putting an end to the "delicate" union of the United Kingdom, William Hague has warned.
Boris Johnson will continue his tour of the UK amid a clash with Wales's First Minister over a "catastrophic" no-deal Brexit.
Labour has attacked ministers' handling of the schools system as new research revealed that poorer pupils are no longer closing the gap between their GCSE grades and those of their better-off peers.
Britain is still "underprepared" for a no-deal Brexit in October, a major business lobby group has warned Boris Johnson.
Boris Johnson has promised to renew "the ties that bind our United Kingdom" as he makes his first visit to Scotland as Prime Minister amid a bitter Brexit row with Ruth Davidson.
Boris Johnson has handed Tory rising star Johnny Mercer a job as Defence Minister, as he unveiled a new government office for armed forces veterans.