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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
Prisons minister Rory Stewart has vowed to resign if a fresh government plan to cut spiralling violence in jails fails to deliver.
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has warned Labour MPs not to "exploit" the party's battle with anti-Semitism to justify breaking away and forming a new parliamentary group.
Labour MP Margaret Hodge has likened finding out about a party investigation into her confrontation with Jeremy Corbyn to being "a Jew in Germany in the 30s".
Ten of Britain’s toughest prisons will be handed extra cash in a bid to cut down on soaring violence, ministers have announced.
Labour MP Chuka Umunna has said he “won’t be bullied” by Len McCluskey after the Unite union chief accused him of exaggerating anti-Semitism in the party to undermine Jeremy Corbyn.
Len McCluskey has hit out at “intransigent” Jewish community leaders, accusing them of “refusing to take ‘yes’ for an answer” as Jeremy Corbyn grapples with anti-Semitism in the Labour party.
Jeremy Corbyn has come under fire from a senior Labour MP after he was pictured with the boss of a proscribed Palestinian group that said a deadly attack on a Jerusalem synagogue was justified.
Jeremy Corbyn must heal the "running sore" of anti-Semitism in Labour, Gordon Brown has said, as he urged the party to fully adopt an international definition of anti-Jewish abuse.
More than a million Labour voters who backed Brexit in 2016 have since changed their mind, Gordon Brown has said.
Labour has slammed "fat cat" executive pay, as a new report revealed that it would take the average worker more than a century to earn what Britain's top business chiefs pocket in a year.
Theresa May has heaped praise on the "courageous" emergency services as police confirmed that they are treating a car crash outside the Houses of Parliament as a suspected terrorist attack.
Support for a second referendum on Britain's exit from the European Union has climbed in the past month, according to a new poll.
Tory eurosceptics are set to unveil a hard Brexit rival to Theresa May's controversial Chequers plan just days before the Conservative party conference, it has emerged.
Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell have blasted the Israeli Prime Minister after he condemned the Labour leader's attendance at a controversial memorial service.
There is no new money in the Government's £100m pledge to end rough sleeping by 2027, the Housing Secretary has admitted.
Theresa May has vowed to wipe rough sleeping from England's streets by 2027 - as Labour warned that her new plan to tackle the problem would "barely register".
There is a "direct link" between a spike in attacks on Muslim women wearing veils and Boris Johnson’s description of them as "letterboxes", a leading charity has warned.
Boris Johnson has urged Theresa May to tackle Britain's housing crisis - as he side-stepped the row over his controversial remarks about the burqa.
Jeremy Corbyn is facing calls to sack his equalities spokesperson following claims she branded a former member of staff a "dyke".
Forty percent of people would back the introduction of a universal basic income scheme of the kind currently being considered by Labour, a new poll has found.
The French government has scotched suggestions Theresa May might be able to soften France's hardline Brexit stance at a meeting with President Emmanuel Macron today.
Ministers are being urged to stop families being “pulled into poverty” over the summer holidays, as a top foodbank charity revealed a spike in requests for help during the school break.
The Liberal Democrats are considering allowing non-members to cast their votes in the next race for the party leadership, it has emerged.
Families in debt could be clobbered by fresh costs, Labour has warned, as the Bank of England hiked interest rates to their highest level since the financial crash.
Labour MPs believe "disciplinary procedures" should take place against a close ally of Jeremy Corbyn following his comments about Jewish people, shadow equalities minister Naz Shah has said.
A cross-party coalition of politicians has urged Philip Hammond to plough billions of pounds of extra funding into transport in the North of England.
Michael Gove privately discussed plans to keep Britain in the European Union's single market if Theresa May fails to strike a Brexit deal, it has been reported.
Peter Willsman should "consider his position" on Labour’s ruling national executive committee over his comments about Jewish people, a member of the Shadow Cabinet has declared.
Councils across the UK fear leaving the European Union without a deal could lead to civil unrest and shortages of food and medicine, it has emerged.
A key youth scheme launched by David Cameron is attracting just twelve percent of the teens eligible to take part - despite receiving hundreds of millions in government funding.
Four lanes of the M20 could be used as a 13-mile long lorry park for up to four years after Brexit, documents drawn up by two Tory councils have revealed.
Education Secretary Damian Hinds will today vow to clamp down on the "persistent scandal" of children starting school without basic reading and writing skills.
MPs from across the political spectrum have teamed up to accuse ministers of breaking a key promise made to social housing tenants in the wake of the Grenfell tower fire.
Labour has urged the Charity Commission to launch an investigation into the Institute for Economic Affairs, after its chief was filmed talking about the think tank's access to government ministers.
Downing Street has denied claims that the army will be drafted in to help dole out emergency supplies in the event that Britain crashes out of the European Union without a deal.
Conservative party members are increasingly sceptical that the next general election will result in a Tory-led government, a new survey has found.