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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
A second referendum on Brexit is "very likely" to come before Parliament, Philip Hammond has said.
Labour’s John McDonnell has said he is “hopeful” as the latest Brexit talks between his party and the Government wrapped up.
Ministers have been accused of peddling “dodgy statistics” after an embarrassing blunder saw the Government overstate how much Britain imports from countries outside the European Union by a staggering £300bn.
Theresa May has risked fresh anger from Conservative MPs as she refused to say whether she will quit before the new 31 October Brexit deadline.
Theresa May has been handed a six-month Brexit extension by the European Union - and warned not to "waste time" before the new 31 October cut-off point.
Ministers have been accused of treating welfare claimants who gave evidence about Universal Credit "like dirt" and ignoring a string of warnings about the impact of the controversial welfare shake-up on working parents.
Brexit looks set to be delayed by a year as European leaders prepare to reject Theresa May's call for a shorter extension at a crunch summit.
Signing up to a customs union with the European Union would represent the "worst of both worlds", Cabinet minister Liam Fox has said.
Couples will no longer have to prove their partner was at fault before ending their marriage, under a new shake-up of Britain's "outdated" divorce laws unveiled by ministers.
A bill forcing Theresa May to ask the European Union for a Brexit delay has been signed into law as she heads to Berlin and Paris to plead for more time.
Voters are increasingly disillusioned with the state of politics and looking for a "strong leader willing to break the rules", a major new study has found.
Any Brexit deal struck between Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn must be put to the voters in a referendum, Emily Thornberry has said.
A senior minister has risked reigniting deep Tory splits by admitting a post-Brexit customs union with the EU is "the most likely outcome" of crunch talks with Labour.
Cross-party Brexit talks have hit a wall as Labour accused Theresa May of failing to offer "real change or compromise".
Downing Street has pushed back at Philip Hammond's suggestion that a second referendum could break Britain's Brexit deadlock.
Alison Thewliss’s constituency office deals with the highest immigration caseload in Scotland. For the Glasgow Central MP, that often means a complex dance with one of Whitehall’s biggest departments. Thewliss tells Matt Foster why she believes there is “no humanity” at the Home Office
A lobbying company run by Conservative former election strategist Sir Lynton Crosby has been linked to an online advertising campaign urging MPs to get behind a hard Brexit.
The DUP could get behind a limited customs union with the European Union to help break the ongoing deadlock over Brexit, one of its senior MPs has said.
MPs have backed a cross-party bid to force Theresa May to rule out a no-deal Brexit by a single vote.
Furious Conservative MPs rounded on Theresa May in the House of Commons today over her bid to break the Brexit deadlock by holding talks with Jeremy Corbyn.
The DUP have accused Theresa May of "sub-contracting out the future of Brexit" to Jeremy Corbyn, as Tory MPs reacted with fury to her plan to ask the Labour leader to help deliver the UK's departure from the EU.
Britain is facing "the abyss" of a no-deal exit from the European Union after MPs rejected all four alternatives to Theresa May's deal, the European Parliament's Brexit coordinator has warned.
Labour chairman Ian Lavery failed to back a second EU referendum as Jeremy Corbyn was hit by a wave of rebellions on Brexit.
Labour MPs have been ordered to back a cross-party push for a Norway-style soft Brexit that would keep the UK in the single market and customs union, it has emerged.
Schools and hospitals could be asked to spot young people at risk of knife crime under plans unveiled by Theresa May and Sajid Javid to tackle the "disease" of violent offences.
The current Cabinet has shown "the worst example of ill-discipline" in the history of British politics, the Government's own chief whip has said, as he hit out at Theresa May's Brexit strategy.
Theresa May's Cabinet has descended into open warfare after Chris Grayling slammed the idea of Britain joining a customs union to break the ongoing deadlock over Europe.
Boris Johnson would defeat Jeremy Corbyn at the next election unless the Labour leader moves away from "left-wing populism", Tony Blair has declared.
It would not be “sustainable” for Theresa May to “ignore” Parliament if it votes in favour of a softer Brexit and backs a customs union with the European Union, Cabinet minister David Gauke has declared.
Conservative vice chairman James Cleverly has denied that the Tories are preparing for a snap election and warned that a fresh poll would fail to solve Britain's Brexit deadlock.
More voters would back Boris Johnson as the next Conservative leader than any of his potential rivals, a new poll has found.
Brexiteer Cabinet ministers have warned Theresa May not to back a cross-party deal on a customs union as a way to break the ongoing deadlock over Britain's departure from the European Union.
Theresa May has been warned by her own MPs against plunging the country into a fresh general election as a new poll put Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party five points clear of the Tories.
Ministers have rejected a record-breaking petition calling for Brexit to be cancelled.
Brexiteers may have to back Theresa May's "lamentable" EU deal or run the risk of not leaving the bloc at all, Boris Johnson has said.
MPs on Monday night voted to give Parliament the chance to hold a host of so-called "indicative votes" on a whole host of Brexit outcomes. From a no-deal to a second referendum, via Canada and Norway-style pacts, PoliticsHome takes a look at all the options they are now likely to consider.