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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's DUP allies have threatened to bring down the Government if Northern Ireland is kept inside the EU’s customs union after Brexit.
Theresa May's Brexit plans have suffered another bruising defeat in the House of Lords as peers demanded curbs to the "heavyweight" powers set to be granted to ministers by the flagship EU exit bill.
Former shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper has accused Theresa May of shirking responsibility for the Windrush scandal, in a blistering attack in the Commons today.
Brexit Secretary David Davis has been rapped after cutting short a grilling by MPs because of the “maximum pace” his department is working at.
Chris Williamson is "wrong" to share a platform with a Labour activist accused of anti-Semitism, a senior Shadow Cabinet member has said.
Emily Thornberry has revealed that she had to take on an anti-Semitic Labour party supporter in the street, as the party grapples with claims it has been too slow to act on abuse.
John McDonnell has said Labour would shake up HM Revenue & Customs in the wake of a row over the tax authority’s handling of an investigation into a major Conservative party donor.
The daughter of Labour MP John Mann has hit out at the party's response to anti-Semitism, saying that "nobody" from Labour high command contacted the family following a rape threat made against her.
A top aide to Theresa May has reportedly said Number 10 “will not be crying into our beer” if the Prime Minister is forced to accept membership of a customs union - a move that would enrage Brexiteers in her own party.
Ministers are braced for a new Brexit bust-up in the Commons, after senior MPs from across the House teamed up to pile pressure on the Government over the UK's membership of a customs union.
Ministers thought the tough immigration policies brought in by Theresa May were "almost reminiscent of Nazi Germany", the former head of the civil service has claimed.
David Cameron has insisted he does not regret calling the referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union that cost him his job as Prime Minister.
A Conservative MP been slammed by the mother of a dead soldier after posting a smiling picture of himself on the throne of Iraq’s brutal former dictator Saddam Hussein.
More than 100 Windrush cases are now being looked into by the Home Office, it has emerged, as Labour accused Theresa May of trying to “shift the blame” over her handling of the controversy.
Boris Johnson has called for greater use of police stop and search powers to halt a stark rise in knife crime - putting him at odds with the Home Office.
Jeremy Corbyn will promise a radical overhaul of the rules on affordable homes, as he pledges to fix Britain's "broken" housing market.
Environment Secretary Michael Gove has called on football chiefs to play their part in slashing the massive amount of plastic waste caused by big games.
The Government has hinted at fresh changes to its flagship Brexit bill in a bid to stave off likely defeat in the House of Lords.
An independent inquiry has cleared Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones of misleading the assembly over his response to bullying claims in the wake of the death of Labour's Carl Sargeant.
Nearly two-thirds of voters believe that Labour has a problem with prejudice, according to a new poll commissioned amid a bitter row over anti-Semitism in the party.
Jewish Labour MPs have spoken of the horrific anti-Semitic abuse they have suffered as they called on Jeremy Corbyn to do more to eradicate it from the party.
Jeremy Corbyn was hit by a major Commons rebellion after dozens of Labour MPs ignored his order to vote against a motion he had tabled himself.
Theresa May has challenged Commonwealth nations to ease anti-gay laws, as she revealed her “deep regret” at the UK having imposed them around the world.
Labour MP David Lammy has torn into ministers over the treatment of the so-called Windrush children - as the Home Secretary appeared to blame her own department for the controversy.
Labour frontbencher Diane Abbott has been blasted after using a made-up image to attack the Government over Syria.
Theresa May has not met her own legal tests for launching air strikes in Syria, Labour's Shadow Attorney General has said.
Jeremy Corbyn has said Prince Charles should not automatically become the next head of the Commonwealth when the Queen steps down from her duties.
Jeremy Corbyn has suggested that Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad may not have been behind the chemical attack which killed dozens of civilians in the country a week ago.
Labour candidates in next month's local elections are pushing for Britain to stay in the EU, despite Jeremy Corbyn's official position of backing the Brexit referendum result.
MPs from across the political divide are launching a fresh bid to give voters a say on the Government's final Brexit deal.
British airstrikes on Syria were not an attempt to "thwart" Russia, Boris Johnson has insisted, as he took aim at the "barbarism" of chemical weapons use.
Theresa May has insisted that last night’s airstrikes on Syria were "right and legal", as she defended her decision to join the US-led action without consulting Parliament.
Jeremy Corbyn has accused the Prime Minister of “taking instructions from Washington” after the UK joined US-led airstrikes on Syria overnight.
John Woodcock has urged fellow Labour MPs to back military action in Syria, as the outspoken backbencher took aim at Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership.
Jeremy Corbyn has demanded that Parliament be given a vote on whether the UK takes part in military action against the Syrian regime.
Ministers have been accused of presiding over a "shocking new low" in NHS performance, as the health service posted its worst accident and emergency waiting times since records began.