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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 no-deal Brexit "cannot be allowed to happen", an influential cross-party committee of MPs has warned ahead of this week's crucial Commons vote on alternatives to Theresa May's deal.
The string of criminal charges against former SNP leader Alex Salmond will not hit the drive for a second Scottish independence referendum, Nicola Sturgeon has said.
The British public "don't want" an extension to Article 50, a key Labour frontbencher has said.
MPs look set to have their working hours extended and their February recess cancelled as the Parliamentary deadlock over Brexit continues.
The civil service has drawn up plans for the introduction of martial law in the event of a chaotic no-deal Brexit, it has been reported.
With MPs painfully divided over Brexit, could an indicative vote break the deadlock? Matt Foster speaks to Hilary Benn and Frank Field about their respective plans to find out how the process could work
Jeremy Corbyn is facing fresh calls to throw Labour’s weight behind a cross-party bid to extend Article 50 and delay Brexit.
Voters are in “absolute despair at the whole political class” over the way Brexit is being handled, hard-hitting new research has found.
Theresa May has accused Jeremy Corbyn of being more “willing to sit down with Hamas, Hezbollah and the IRA” than to hold talks with her on Brexit.
Labour is "highly likely" to back a cross-party push to halt a no-deal Brexit by extending Article 50, John McDonnell has said.
Theresa May should stop playing "Russian roulette" with the economy and tell businesses that a no-deal Brexit will not happen, George Osborne has said.
It is "pretty obvious" that no-deal Brexit will lead to a hard border between Ireland and Northern Ireland, the European Commission's chief spokesperson has said.
Theresa May’s plan to leave the European Union looks dead in the water after MPs inflicted the biggest Commons defeat in history on the Prime Minister. But the battle over Brexit is far from over - and MPs will soon get the chance to vote on a string of amendments to the motion she tabled setting out her next steps. PoliticsHome is keeping track of all the proposed tweaks that could be selected by Commons Speaker John Bercow next week
Up to 40 ministers could walk out of the Government within days unless Conservative MPs are allowed to vote on a plan that could block a no-deal Brexit, a top Cabinet minister has told Theresa May.
Jeremy Corbyn has inched closer to backing a second Brexit referendum after Labour demanded a Commons vote that could pave the way for a new poll.
Britain's post-Brexit registration system for European Union citizens risks sparking a repeat of the Windrush scandal, ministers have been warned.
Downing Street has denied reports that Theresa May is considering rewriting the historic Good Friday Agreement in a fresh bid to save her Brexit deal.
A Labour frontbencher has heaped fresh pressure on Jeremy Corbyn by urging him to become a "leading voice" in the campaign for a second Brexit referendum.
Downing Street has flatly denied that Theresa May is planning to call a fresh general election, as speculation mounted about a snap poll.
Britain’s "abstract and confused" election spending rules are leaving campaigns open to sabotage by a "hostile state", a Conservative MP cleared of offences after a lengthy legal battle has warned.
Ministers have been urged to step up their war on plastic to stop the oceans being treated "like a sewer".
A "significant majority" of MPs could team up next week to stop a no-deal Brexit and revoke Article 50, Philip Hammond has told business chiefs.
Downing Street has insisted that Theresa May will not give ground on joining the EU's customs union - just minutes after a Cabinet minister refused to rule it out.
A Tory MP is calling for a ban on low-level letterboxes to try and stop long-suffering posties from getting injured on the job.
John Bercow has risked a fresh row with Tory eurosceptics after rejecting two amendments designed to swing wavering MPs behind Theresa May's Brexit deal.
Before MPs cast their verdict on Theresa May’s Brexit deal, they’ll be voting on a string of amendments. While legal debate rages over the ability of the Commons to actually alter the deal - and it remains unlikely any of them will garner enough votes to pass - the four amendments could help point the way forward if the deal is defeated. PoliticsHome walks you through them.
Jeremy Corbyn could demand a confidence vote in Theresa May within minutes of MPs rejecting her Brexit deal tonight, it has emerged.
Theresa May is on course for an historic Commons defeat on her Brexit deal tonight after a Labour MP withdrew an amendment which could have reduced the scale of her loss.
Theresa May will have just three weeks to get a Brexit deal through the House of Commons or lose control of the process under plans being drawn up by senior Tory MPs.
Heavily-polluting wood-burning stoves could be banned from sale under plans unveiled by Michael Gove to slash pollution.
A string of Conservative ex-ministers have urged Tory MPs to vote against Theresa May's Brexit deal in favour of leaving the European Union without an agreement.
The European Union is braced for a request from Theresa May to delay Brexit until at least July, according to reports.
Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright has warned betting firms and banks that they could face a ban on the use of credit cards for gambling.
Jeremy Corbyn should stop spreading "out-dated nonsense about a socialist economy being impossible in Europe" and back a second referendum on Brexit, Labour grandee Lord Roy Hattersley will say today,
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has clashed with his Labour counterpart over the plot of 1943 film Lassie Come Home, in a bizarre Commons Brexit exchange.
The Government's flagship Universal Credit welfare shake-up has suffered another setback as the High Court ruled in favour of a challenge to the scheme lodged by four single working mothers.