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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
Cabinet minister Liz Truss has refused to rule out resigning if Theresa May tries to get her Brexit deal through by backing Jeremy Corbyn's call for a permanent customs union with the European Union.
Labour will this week launch a fresh bid to stop Theresa May "running down the clock" on Brexit by forcing her to hold a second meaningful vote on her deal before the end of February, Keir Starmer has said.
Labour chairman Ian Lavery has warned against subjecting local parties to "trial by social media" amid a bitter row over attempts to hold a no-confidence vote in Jewish MP Luciana Berger.
Former Labour leadership contender Owen Smith has said he is considering quitting the party over Jeremy Corbyn's Brexit policy - and hinted that more MPs could follow.
Theresa May is preparing to delay the second Commons vote on her Brexit deal until the end of the month as she races to secure changes from the European Union, it has been reported.
Jeremy Corbyn has written to Theresa May setting out the terms under which Labour would back her Brexit deal.
Backing Brexit would be more damaging to Labour's electoral fortunes than the Iraq war, a stark poll handed to Jeremy Corbyn's top team has warned.
Businesses cannot wait for the UK to strike an 11th-hour Brexit deal with Brussels, Cabinet minister Greg Clark has warned.
Chris Grayling has been banned from the port of Calais after showing "disrespect" to its boss over a no-deal Brexit.
Ministers blew more than £45,000 printing hard copies of Theresa May's Brexit deal - which she now wants to re-negotiate.
Ministers will launch a fresh crackdown on "above the law" social media firms today as they promise a raft of measures aimed a curbing online threats to young people.
Shadow Brexit Secretary Sir Keir Starmer has said Britain should not get "stuck on" ending the free movement of EU workers after Brexit.
Theresa May will today insist that she can still achieve a Brexit deal that commands "broad support" in Northern Ireland as she searches for alternatives to the agreement's controversial backstop.
Theresa May is "absolutely not" planning to call a snap general election in June, Downing Street has insisted.
Downing Street is deliberately talking up the prospect of a snap election to "scare" MPs into voting for Theresa May's Brexit deal, Boris Johnson has suggested.
A decision by Nissan to shift production of a new car from Sunderland to Japan is a "warning sign" against a no-deal Brexit, Business Secretary Greg Clark has said.
Theresa May will today haul in warring Conservatives for talks as she races to find a workable alternative to the controversial Brexit backstop.
At least 100 MPs are expected to miss a special Brexit sitting of the House of Commons so they can spend time with their families over half term.
A key ally of Jeremy Corbyn has warned Labour MPs not to accept Theresa May's "divide and rule" offer of investment in their constituencies if they back her Brexit deal.
Brexit campaign group Leave.EU and an insurance firm owned by its millionaire founder Arron Banks have been slapped with a six-figure fine over "serious" data breaches.
MPs may not get re-elected if they let a no-deal Brexit go ahead, a leading Cabinet Brexiteer has warned.
Rough sleeping in Westminster has jumped by 41% in the past year despite an outcry over two high-profile deaths at the door of Parliament, bleak new government figures have revealed.
Theresa May is facing fresh fury from her own backbenchers amid claims she is stalling on a promise to shake up her Brexit negotiating team.
Labour MPs who swing behind Theresa May's Brexit deal could see cash doled out to their constituencies under a plan reportedly being considered by Number 10.
Ministers have denied leaving Northern Ireland out of a key bill that could have paved the way for abortion reform for fear of upsetting the DUP.
PolHome's snapshot guide to all the results as MPs cast their verdict on a string of 'Plan B' Brexit amendments.
Jeremy Corbyn has dropped his opposition to face-to-face talks with Theresa May after Labour rebels defied him to help to kill off a bid to delay Brexit.
The Department for International Development should focus more on drumming up private charity donations than spending taxpayers' money, Penny Mordaunt has told the Cabinet.
PoliticsHome's at-a-glance guide to every Brexit 'plan B' amendment selected by Speaker John Bercow for tonight's Commons vote.
The DUP has come out in favour of an 11th-hour Brexit compromise plan drawn up in secretive talks between Tory Leavers and Remainers.
Labour's support for a bid by one of its own backbenchers to delay Brexit has been cast into doubt after a Shadow Cabinet minister said it risked "ignoring the views of millions of ordinary folk".
The House of Commons has backed plans to allow MPs to vote by proxy after a heated row over the way new and expectant parents are treated.
A top Brussels negotiator has accused British MPs of "snatching defeat from the jaws of victory" as she warned of a "very high" risk of a no-deal Brexit.
Labour has accused ministers of making "politically-motivated cuts" as a new report found that cities in the North of England have been hardest-hit by austerity over the past decade.
Theresa May must agree her Brexit deal within a fortnight to avoid a string of ministerial resignations, she has been warned.
Boris Johnson has pledged to give Theresa May his "full-throated support" if she secures a so-called "freedom clause" on the Northern Ireland backstop in talks with the European Union.