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Alain Tolhurst is Chief Reporter at PoliticsHome and host of The Rundown podcast each week.
Labour’s Kate Osborne has become the second MP to test positive for coronavirus as Parliament gets set to debate emergency legislation to help combat the outbreak.
Boris Johnson has moved to postpone May’s local elections for a year amid the coronavirus crisis.
Number 10 has insisted May’s local elections will go ahead in defiance of a call by the official watchdog to postpone them amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Labour bosses have been urged to close a loophole which saw a senior SNP politician given a vote in the party's leadership election.
The Chancellor will unveil a £2.5billion investment to fix 50 million potholes over the next five years in the Budget.
On Wednesday lunchtime Rishi Sunak will deliver his fist Budget as Chancellor - less than a month into the job and facing a backdrop of the ongoing coronavirus crisis. Here's what to look out for.
Rebecca Long-Bailey has said she would let Luciana Berger re-join Labour if she becomes party leader.
Labour has urged the Boris Johnson to "get a grip” to stop the coronavirus outbreak hitting small businesses.
Talk of cancelling major sporting fixtures in the UK due to coronavirus is “very premature”, according to Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden.
Boris Johnson was heckled with cries of “traitor” as he finally visited areas hit by flooding.
The Budget is set to include a record £5billion investment to roll out the next generation of broadband in the most difficult to reach areas.
Rishi Sunak has heavily hinted the Government will ditch its own fiscal rules in this week’s Budget after repeatedly refusing to say he will stick to them.
John McDonnell has called for shorter Labour leadership elections in the future, describing the current contest as a “bit interminable”.
Layla Moran has announced she is running to be the new leader of the Liberal Democrats with a vow to “move the party on from the last decade”.
A new poll has suggested there is public support for a “mansion tax” on properties worth more than £1million to help fund public spending.
Officials and ministers are planning for the potential deaths of 100,000 Brits from coronavirus as measures to control the outbreak are stepped up.
A leading French politician has warned Boris Johnson his plan for an Australia-style relationship with the EU is “for the birds”.
Boris Johnson is to finally chair an emergency Cobra meeting on the coronavirus as George Osborne called for the UK to be put on a "war footing” to deal with the outbreak.
The coronavirus outbreak could cause UK economic growth to be downgraded as stock markets tumble around the world, Mark Carney has warned.
Downing Street has sought to formalise the recruitment process for special advisers in further sign of a push to centralise power around Boris Johnson.
Controversial tax changes for freelance workers are set to go ahead despite a wave of criticism.
The Tories raked in a record-breaking £37 million in donations ahead of the election, almost four-times more than Labour.
Sajid Javid has accused Boris Johnson of failing to act "in the national interest" as he revealed the circumstances surrounding his resignation from the Cabinet.
Government spending cuts has been blamed for “flatlining" life expectancy and worsening health inequalities over the past decade.
Emergency legislation to block the automatic early release of convicted terrorists will become law by the end of this week after being rushed through Parliament.
The owners of venues in the UK could be legally required to introduce measures to protect them from terrorism under new plans by the Home Office.
Priti Patel has ordered a leak inquiry into a number of “hostile briefings” accusing her of bullying officials and losing the trust of MI5 on security issues.
Diane Abbott has confirmed she will stand down from the shadow Cabinet whoever wins the Labour leadership contest.
Donald Trump is said to be furious with Boris Johnson over the decision to award Huawei with the contract to build part of the UK’s 5G network, calling it a “betrayal”.
Labour must end its internal divisions or it faces being locked out of power for a generation, according to Keir Starmer.
John McDonnell has been attacked for “deeply offensive” comments by comparing Julian Assange to a falsely persecuted Jewish soldier.
Alain Tolhurst takes a sideways look at life in Westminster. This week, awkward times at the Brits, expensive sofas and MPs' holiday reading.
The Government has finally revealed the details of its post-EU points-based system for immigration, including the removal of any sort of route to the UK for “unskilled” workers.