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Alain Tolhurst is Chief Reporter at PoliticsHome and host of The Rundown podcast each week.
The UK will officially exit the European Union at 11pm on Friday night, more than three and half years since the public voted to leave, so how did we finally get here?
The Foreign Secretary said China has agreed to let a plane full of UK nationals trapped in Wuhan fly home amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle has taken a swipe at John Bercow by pledging to introduce greater "transparency" to the way he makes decisions.
A leaked internal report by Labour into the party’s dismal election performance last month has blamed it on Brexit and “unprecedented” media attacks on Jeremy Corbyn.
The Government are tracing more than 2,000 passengers who flew from Wuhan to the UK in the past two weeks as part of measures to tackle the coronavirus threat.
Boris Johnson has heralded “a new chapter in our nation's history” after signing the official document which formalises the UK’s exit from the EU next Friday.
John Bercow has attacked the Government for not awarding him a peerage as he "categorically" denied fresh allegations of bullying.
Boris Johnson is set to award the contract to help build part of the UK’s 5G network to Huawei as soon as next week in a snub to Donald Trump.
Moves to give John Bercow a peerage should be put on hold while new bullying claims against him are investigated, according to Andrea Leadsom.
Britain has crossed the "Brexit finish line", Boris Johnson has claimed, as both Houses of Parliament passed his flagship EU agreement.
Lisa Nandy has accused the last Labour government of being "as tight as the Tories" as she praised Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the party.
While Jess Phillips has seen her path to the nomination for Labour leader shut off, the way ahead has opened up for the two other second-tier candidates.
Lisa Nandy has received a massive boost in her campaign for the Labour leadership after winning the endorsement of the powerful GMB union.
Tory MPs from the North East have vowed to attend the Durham Miners Gala this year after its organiser said he would “rather be found dead in a ditch” than invite them.
Convicted terrorists out of prison on license will now face lie detector tests to prove they have been de-radicalised.
Plans by Jeremy Corbyn to given John Bercow a peerage could be blocked unless he becomes a member of the Labour Party, it has emerged.
Former Commons Speaker John Bercow is set to enter the House of Lords after being recommended for a peerage by Jeremy Corbyn.
Labour has been plunged into a fresh anti-semitism row over plans by Jeremy Corbyn to give a peerage to his chief of staff, Karie Murphy.
Agreeing a free trade deal between the UK and Brussels by the end of 2020 is "just not possible", according to a senior EU official.
Last year saw the highest number of knife and offensive weapon offences for a decade, according to new statistics from the Ministry of Justice.
Boris Johnson has been accused of handing Richard Branson a “taxpayer bailout” after the Government agreed a rescue package to save Flybe.
Jeremy Corbyn agrees with Prince Harry that there are “racial undertones” in the media coverage of his wife Meghan Markle, as the Labour leader backed the pair's decision to quit as “senior” Royals.
Matt Hancock has been criticised for saying Brits should not cut down on short flights to help tackle the climate crisis.
A Labour peer has been suspended after being found guilty of harassment following accusations of “stalkerish” behaviour by a young woman working in Parliament.
Boris Johnson has formally rejected Nicola Sturgeon’s demand for a second referendum on Scottish independence.
Amid struggles with her “continuity Corbyn” label, the former frontrunner appeared to be faltering until her campaign finally kicked into gear this week.
Amid chaos over who will be the torchbearer for Corbynism, Sir Keir Starmer has quickly emerged as the clear favourite to be next Labour leader.
Clive Lewis has pulled out of the race to become Labour leader after failing to get enough MPs to back him
Two new black Labour MPs have complained of being confused with other politicians and staff since entering Parliament last month.
Clive Lewis has suggested there should be a “referendum on the future of the Royal Family” as part of his bid to be Labour leader.
Labour leadership hopeful Clive Lewis has warned the party it must "modernise or die" in the wake of its devastating election defeat.
The power-sharing executive at Stormont could finally be restored after a new draft deal was published by the Irish and UK governments.
The Government has been slammed as “disgraceful” and “inhumane” after MPs voted to remove protections for child refugees from the EU withdrawal agreement.
Rosena Allin-Khan says she would offer NHS workers a subsidised subscription to the Labour party if she was to win the deputy leadership race.
Boris Johnson and Sajid Javid have told ministers to go back to their departments and “root out waste” ahead of the 11 March Budget.
Boris Johnson has warned Donald Trump not to bomb cultural sites in Iran amid rising tensions in the Middle East following the killing of Qassem Suleimani.