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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
Unite chief Len McCluskey has become embroiled in a fresh spat with Chuka Umunna after laying into the Labour MP at the party's conference.
John McDonnell has risked angering anti-Brexit campaigners by refusing to back having a 'Remain' option in a second referendum.
Home Secretary Sajid Javid could face a backlash from Tory Eurosceptics today as he unveils plans to grant EU migrants unlimited access to Britain in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
Theresa May will hold talks with her top ministers today as she fights to save her Chequers Brexit plan after a bruising meeting with EU leaders.
Labour should not offer voters the option of staying in the European Union if the party throws its weight behind a second Brexit referendum, a powerful ally of Jeremy Corbyn has said.
Labour has ruled out supporting a second independence referendum in Scotland - just days after Jeremy Corbyn suggested he might allow one.
Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab has dismissed as "for the birds" rumours that Downing Street is eyeing a November general election in a bid to shore up Theresa May's premiership.
The row over anti-Semitism in Labour could cost the party more than half a million votes at the next general election, according to a new poll.
Number 10 advisers have begun planning for another snap election in November after Brexit talks with the European Union reached a bitter standoff, it has been reported.
Jeremy Hunt has accused European leaders of “insulting” Theresa May after they heaped scorn on her Chequers Brexit proposals.
Labour has demanded that Business Secretary Greg Clark steps in to make sure cleaners and security staff in his department are not left on “poverty pay”.
European leaders are "unanimous" in wanting a second Brexit referendum, Malta's prime minister has claimed - as Theresa May insisted a fresh vote would never take place.
Ministers have launched a sweeping review of Britain's railways after a report found "nobody took charge" amid major rail chaos earlier this year.
Theresa May's Chequers Brexit plan is "dead as a dodo", according to one of her allies.
Journalists from The Sun have been banned from attending a festival organised by the pro-Jeremy Corbyn campaign group Momentum.
Ministers should step in to protect consumers from the "Wild West" world of crypto-currencies, a powerful group of MPs has said.
Theresa May will today call on European leaders to drop their "unacceptable demands" as she seeks to defuse the ongoing Brexit row over the Northern Ireland border.
Labour is drawing up plans for a new US-style agency to kick-start small businesses, as the party looks to steal a march on the Conservatives following a string of Brexiteer blasts at industry.
Businesses will be "worse off outside the European Union", a Labour frontbencher has said - despite the party backing Brexit.
As some high-profile Tory MPs change their tone towards industry, Bill Esterson says Labour is now “the true party of small business”. But does he have the policies to back up the claim? Matt Foster speaks to the Shadow Minister.
Leaving the European Union without a deal would put the entire economic recovery since the 2008 financial crash at risk, Philip Hammond has claimed.
Ministers are mulling a pensions-style opt-out system to tackle Britain's social care funding crisis, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has revealed.
John McDonnell has rubbished reports his allies are sounding out top Labour figures about replacing Jeremy Corbyn as leader - branding them "laughable".
Theresa May has warned Tory MPs to back her Brexit plan or see Britain crash out of the EU without a deal - as Boris Johnson accused her of "deliberately acquiescing in foreign rule".
A second Brexit referendum would throw the Government "a lifeline", Labour frontbencher Barry Gardiner has said, as he pushed back against his colleague Sadiq Khan's call for a fresh vote.
Sajid Javid has reportedly urged the Treasury to cut taxes and slash regulations if Britain and the European Union fail to strike a Brexit deal.
Former Tory grandee Lord Archer has said he would cast his vote at the next election for Jeremy Corbyn's Labour if he lived in the north of England.
Sadiq Khan has thrown his weight behind a second vote on Britain's membership of the European Union.
Home Secretary Sajid Javid has sparked anger after rejecting calls to set up protest-free “buffer zones” to stop women who visit abortion clinics from being harassed.
MPs who appear on the Moscow-backed Russia Today channel run the risk of “being used as propaganda tools by the Russian state” in the wake of the Salisbury poisoning, Theresa May has said.
Leading Tory eurosceptics Jacob Rees-Mogg and David Davis have pledged their allegiance to Theresa May after Conservative Brexiteers openly discussed dislodging the Prime Minister in a leadership challenge.
Labour's Tom Watson has revealed that he was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes last year, as he committed Labour to reversing a sharp rise in the disease.
Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab has reportedly clashed with Brussels’ top negotiator after it emerged that the UK has asked EU member states to hold direct talks on plans for a no-deal Brexit.
Ministers cannot shirk responsibility for the collapse of the East Coast rail franchise, a new report from MPs has said.
Bank of England governor Mark Carney has agreed stay on to help guide the UK economy through the "turbulent period" after Brexit, the Chancellor has announced.
Unite chief Len McCluskey has downplayed the chances of his union backing a fresh referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union.