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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
Theresa May should boost Britain's defence spending or risk losing influence with US President Donald Trump, a cross-party committee of MPs has warned.
Theresa May has been urged to get tough on buy-to-let landlords in a bid to solve Britain’s housing crisis.
Boris Johnson has been slammed by his Tory colleagues for missing today's crucial vote on Heathrow expansion despite his long-standing opposition to the plans.
Jeremy Corbyn has called on Theresa May to ditch a "bomb first, talk later" approach to the Syrian conflict and merge two sets of peace talks "without preconditions".
Ministers are drawing up plans to rebrand fruit-picking amid a shortage of workers after Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, it has emerged.
Thousands of anti-Brexit campaigners are expected to descend on Westminster today to press for a fresh referendum on Britain’s impending exit from the EU.
Theresa May has been plunged into a fresh crisis after a top minister resigned to vote against the Government on a third runway at Heathrow.
More than £2 million of taxpayers’ money has been spent on gagging orders for former House of Commons staff over the past five years, it has emerged.
The Home Secretary has called on European Union countries to provide much more detail on the fate of British expats living abroad after Brexit.
An ill Labour MP has reacted angrily after being forced by Government whips to attend the House of Commons for a crunch Brexit vote.
Theresa May today branded Donald Trump’s child detention centres “deeply disturbing” and “wrong” but said his visit to the UK next month will go ahead as planned.
A Tory backbencher has taken a swipe at his colleague who controversially blocked plans to make ‘upskirting’ a criminal offence.
The Bank of England should stay independent but be given an explicit target to turn around Britain's flagging productivity, a review launched by Labour's John McDonnell has concluded.
Theresa May is braced for a fresh Brexit rebellion as Downing Street said it "cannot accept" a compromise tacked onto its flagship EU exit bill by the House of Lords.
Post-Brexit Britain will be shut out of key European Union crime-fighting measures unless there is "more realism" from the UK Government, the EU's chief Brexit negotiator has said.
Philip Hammond has told ministers that the Treasury's multi-billion pound boost for the NHS will leave them with no extra money to spend on their own policy areas.
The war on cannabis has been "comprehensively and irreversibly lost", former Conservative leader Lord Hague has told Theresa May, amid a growing Cabinet row over the drug.
Theresa May has been accused of using a "magic money forest" to fund a planned boost to NHS spending - as questions were raised over a so-called 'Brexit dividend' behind the pledge.
Theresa May has confirmed that taxes are likely to go up to fund a major boost to NHS spending in time for the health service's 70th birthday.
Sajid Javid has revealed that he was the victim of a moped mugging just months before becoming Home Secretary.
Labour has accused ministers of “dragging their feet” as new figures revealed that millions of pounds are still owed to workers forced to pay fees under an ill-fated scheme brought in by Chris Grayling.
Ministers have thrown their weight behind a Liberal Democrat bid to clamp down on people who take secret “upskirt” pictures of unsuspecting victims.
The scale of Islamophobia in the Conservative Party "in no way compares" to Labour's own battles with “institutionalised” anti-Semitism, a top Tory minister has said.
Growing up in a working-class Muslim neighbourhood in Birmingham, Nusrat Ghani says she never expected to enter the House of Commons. Now a government minister in the Department for Transport, she is taking everything one step at a time. She talks to Matt Foster about her journey
Britain's hopes of staying involved in the £8bn Galileo satellite project after Brexit have been dealt a fresh blow by the EU - prompting ministers to threaten a walkout.
Thousands more skilled workers from outside the EU will be allowed to come to the UK under plans set to be unveiled by Sajid Javid later this week.
Women are being held back from top-flight finance jobs by an “alpha male” culture, a powerful committee of MPs has warned.
Top Brexit campaigner Arron Banks accused MPs of peddling "fake news" as he faced a stormy parliamentary grilling on his business affairs and meetings with Russian officials.
Theresa May could be heading for a bruising Brexit defeat after rejecting a bid by Tory rebel Dominic Grieve to find a compromise on the so-called ‘meaningful vote’.
Ministers are "very seriously" examining possible links between Leave.EU founder Arron Banks and Russia during the Brexit referendum campaign, the Home Secretary has said.
Boris Johnson has thrown his weight behind plans for a new £15bn bridge between mainland Britain and Northern Ireland.
Jeremy Corbyn has come under renewed pressure to back a second Brexit referendum, as a key Labour-backing union threw its weight behind a fresh vote.
Online trolls should lose the right to anonymity, Labour's Jess Philips has said - as she revealed the horrific abuse she has faced on social media.
Labour activists have urged party bosses to reinstate a campaigner who was expelled following a clash with MP Ruth Smeeth at the launch of a report into anti-Semitism.
A former Conservative Party chair who launched a failed coup against Theresa May has predicted that the Prime Minister could go on to win the next general election.
Theresa May is facing a new round of Brexit turmoil as ministers clash over plans for the UK’s future migration system.