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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
US president Donald Trump will make a full state visit to the UK in early June, it has been reported.
Conservative MPs are to tell Theresa May that she must name her exit date or face being ousted by mid-June over her handling of Brexit.
Boris Johnson has surged to an eighteen-point lead over his nearest Conservative leadership rival in a fresh poll of Tory activists.
Conservative donors are giving money directly to Tory MPs instead of the party's central office because of their anger about Theresa May's handling of Brexit, it has been claimed.
Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn have condemned the “appalling” Easter weekend attacks in Sri Lanka that have left at least 290 people dead.
The climate change protesters who have brought parts of London to a standstill in a bid to highlight the plight of the planet should go and "lecture" China instead, Boris Johnson has suggested.
The murder of Stephen Lawrence forced Britain to "wake up to the reality of the racism that still exists in our society", Theresa May has said.
Theresa May has used her Easter message to highlight the plight of persecuted Christians around the world.
Easter should prompt a renewed focus on the world's refugee crisis, Jeremy Corbyn has said.
Jeremy Corbyn could refuse to take up residence in 10 Downing Street if he becomes Prime Minister, it has been reported.
Theresa May will this week be told that Tory MPs want her gone by the summer, it has been reported.
Liam Fox has warned that Britain will end up fielding scores of "disruptive and resentful" members of the European Parliament if it has to take part in Europe-wide elections next month.
Labour must not "sit on the fence" over its support for a second Brexit referendum, the party's deputy leader Tom Watson has said.
Commons Speaker John Bercow has been urged to let US President Donald Trump address Parliament if he visits the UK this summer.
Theresa May has condemned the "shocking and truly senseless" killing of a 29-year-old investigative reporter in what police have called a "terrorist incident" in Derry.
Change UK's Chris Leslie has all-but ruled out forming an electoral alliance with other anti-Brexit parties and trained his fire on the Liberal Democrats.
Theresa May has risked fresh Conservative anger over her departure plans after telling ministers to sign off on proposals for another Queen's Speech.
Conservative Brexiteer Boris Johnson has nabbed a much-sought-after office in the House of Commons as allies talked up his chances of becoming the next Prime Minister.
High profile anti-Brexit campaigner Lord Adonis is among the candidates picked to stand for Labour at the European elections.
The Conservatives have slumped to one of their lowest poll results for years as supporters appeared to be switching their allegiance to Nigel Farage's new Brexit Party.
David Cameron and George Osborne showed political "genius" by persuading the country to accept public spending cuts without triggering violent protests, Jeremy Hunt has said.
More than half of the public now thinks Labour has a "serious anti-semitism problem", according to a new poll.
Ministers should take immediate action to end the use of "extreme or controversial" restraint techniques on children held in detention by the state, a powerful committee of MPs and peers has said.
Brexit talks between Labour and the Government are at risk because Conserative MPs want "to do a deal" with US President Donald Trump, Jeremy Corbyn has claimed.
A senior Conservative party official is having to spend his own money to help the party meet the costs of the European elections, it has been reported.
Criminals with minor convictions may no longer have to reveal them to potential employers, under plans being considered by Sajid Javid.
Britain's electoral watchdog has rejected The Independent Group’s choice of logo for next month’s planned European poll.
Most voters have become even more sure that they voted the right way in the 2016 Brexit referendum despite three years of furious campaigning on both sides, a new poll has revealed.
Theresa May has told civil servants that "necessary" Whitehall preparations for a no-deal Brexit will carry on despite the latest delay to Britain's EU departure.
Philip Hammond has mocked three Tory Brexiteers for forming "suicide pacts" when they lost out on the Conservative leadership to Theresa May.
Ministers must do more to stop young people feeling "worthless" in a bid to tackle the "national emergency" of rising violent crime, Sajid Javid will say today.
Boris Johnson has hit back at David Lammy after the Labour MP compared hard Brexiteers to Nazis.
Sadiq Khan has joined the Jewish Labour Movement in a bid to show "support and appreciation" for Jewish people amid Labour's ongoing anti-semitism controversy.
Boris Johnson will not campaign for the Conservatives in upcoming elections to the European Parliament, it has been reported.
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to Sweden to face longstanding sexual assault allegations, Labour frontbencher Emily Thornberry has said.
Theresa May will stay on as Prime Minister until Britain has left the European Union, Philip Hammond has insisted.