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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
Furious Conservative MPs forced an apology from Speaker John Bercow after he hurled an "insult" at a former minister.
Days after Theresa May asked the European Union for a Brexit delay, MPs are once again getting a chance to make their voice heard on a way forward. Here are the amendments to the Prime Minister's EU motion that they will vote on at around 10pm tonight.
A Brexit supporter who egged Jeremy Corbyn has admitted an assault charge.
The Conservatives have been accused of allowing "revolving door racism" as it emerged that more than a dozen councillors who were suspended over far-right online posts have been allowed back into the party.
A government minister has said he would vote to revoke Article 50 to save the country from "utter paralysis" over Brexit.
Theresa May has rejected calls to name the date of her departure from Downing Street as a Cabinet coup against her appeared to run out of steam.
The likelihood of a general election would increase if MPs order the Government to back a softer Brexit plan this week, Cabinet minister Stephen Barclay has warned.
Theresa May should sack Remain-supporting Cabinet ministers who want to oust her to make way for David Lidington or Michael Gove, former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith has said.
Government plans to press ahead with fracking could see Britain miss its international climate commitments twenty times over, Jeremy Corbyn will warn today.
Angry Conservative MPs have broken cover and called openly for Theresa May to quit amid deadlock in Britain over Brexit.
Universities that dole out "unjustifiable" first-class degrees could be handed six-figure fines under a crackdown unveiled by the Education Secretary.
Theresa May is facing a major Cabinet plot to remove her from office and draft in David Lidington or Michael Gove as a replacement Prime Minister, it has been reported.
Theresa May has told MPs that she may not bring her Brexit deal back to them for a third vote next week if there is not enough support for it.
Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson will tell Theresa May he is prepared to vote for her Brexit deal if she agrees to allow a second EU referendum.
Theresa May's hopes of getting her Brexit deal through the House of Commons at a third attempt have been dealt a major blow after the DUP accused the Prime Minister of being "far too willing to capitulate" to the European Union.
Eurosceptic Tories have erupted in anger as Cabinet minister Greg Clark confirmed MPs will be given a vote on a string of Brexit alternatives if they reject Theresa May's deal for a third time.
The Conservatives need to have a "proper conversation" about tackling Islamophobia, the party's candidate for London mayor has said.
Tory MPs could be given a free vote on alternatives to Theresa May’s Brexit plan if they fail to back her deal at the next attempt, a minister has suggested.
Theresa May has been accused of acting like a Donald Trump "wannabe" after she sought to blame MPs for her request to delay Brexit.
The European Union is set to reject Theresa May’s attempt to delay Brexit until 30 June, a leaked document has revealed.
Labour has been accused of launching a "purge" against two of the party's former MPs after they were removed from a top House of Commons committee.
Theresa May is to ask the EU for a Brexit delay of up to three months after Cabinet members warned her any longer could lead to the end of the Tory Party.
Downing Street today admitted Britain had been plunged into crisis after Speaker John Bercow blocked Theresa May from holding a third vote on her Brexit deal.
The Conservatives have been forced to suspend another batch of party members over allegations of Islamophobia.
Bob Seely says he only ever wanted to represent the Isle of Wight - a dream that finally came true in 2017. But, as the Conservative MP tells Matt Foster, Government housing policy is leaving young islanders facing an uphill struggle
Social media addiction may need to be classed as a disease to combat a "crisis" in young people's health, MPs have said.
Theresa May's beleaguered Brexit deal has received a rare boost as an arch-critic of the Northern Ireland backstop said she had secured "substantive changes" to the plan.
MPs should reject Theresa May’s Brexit deal for a third time unless she secures “real change” to the Northern Ireland backstop, Boris Johnson has declared.
The European Union is open to a "long" delay to Brexit to let Britain "rethink" its strategy, Donald Tusk has said.
A cross-party band of Brexiteers will today launch a Commons bid to kill off the chances of a "divisive and expensive" second EU referendum.
Labour frontbencher Mike Amesbury has apologised for sharing an "appalling" anti-semitic image on Facebook.
Children's charities and abuse support groups have torn into Boris Johnson after he claimed that money spent investigating historical sex crimes was being "spaffed up the wall".
Britain will waive all checks at the Irish border and axe the vast majority of tariffs on imports to the UK under a no-deal Brexit, the Government has confirmed.
Chancellor Philip Hammond is set to unveil a £100m package to tackle a surge in knife crime after a major Cabinet row over police funding.
Britain must have a "credible" reason to delay Brexit, European Council President Donald Tusk has warned after MPs rejected Theresa May's deal.
Tory Eurosceptics have taken aim at Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay after Theresa May's last-ditch bid to save her EU deal suffered a major legal blow.