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Alain Tolhurst is Chief Reporter at PoliticsHome and host of The Rundown podcast each week.
This autumn, politics is going to be dominated by two very different men both called Dominic, as the battle for Brexit draws closer to the 31 October deadline.
A Labour councillor has been suspended after promoting accusations that TV star Rachel Riley works for "the Israeli state propaganda machine".
Michael Gove has accused the European Union of being unwilling to negotiate with the UK over a new Brexit deal.
Nicola Sturgeon has hinted she could join forces with Jeremy Corbyn in a "progressive alliance" after a snap election.
The top 1% of taxpayers are increasingly just men based in London and the South East, according to new research branded “shocking” by Labour.
Britain is joining forces with the US to protect shipping in the Gulf after Iran reportedly seized a third tanker, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced.
Dominic Raab has been accused by MPs of “misleading the public” by claiming he raised the possibility of a no-deal Brexit during the EU referendum when there is no evidence to show he did.
Plans to create tax-free zones at ports and airports post-Brexit have been condemned by Labour as a “race to the bottom”.
Justice Secretary Robert Buckland has been slapped down by Number 10 after suggesting some suspects in rape cases should remain anonymous until they are charged.
Boris Johnson has been branded the DUP’s “gopher” by Sinn Fein as the party warned that a no-deal Brexit could lead to a border poll in Northern Ireland
Parliament may be in recess but politics has certainly not broken up for summer, with the new Prime Minister facing his first electoral test just eight days into the job.
Labour has torn into the Government after "alarming" figures revealed that the number of drugs found in prisons has almost doubled in the last two years.
Ruth Davidson has delivered a defiant message to Boris Johnson by saying she “won’t support” a no deal Brexit as Scottish Conservative leader.
Jo Swinson slammed Jeremy Corbyn as “hopeless” for refusing to say if he backs staying in the EU.
The Government is now operating “on the assumption” the UK is going to leave the EU without a deal, according to Michael Gove.
The Tories are enjoying a “Boris bounce” in the polls as a number of new surveys put them ahead of Labour on the back of Mr Johnson becoming Prime Minister
Attorney General Geoffrey Cox has been ordered to apologise to MPs for breaking Parliamentary rules over his second property.
Boris Johnson has vowed to defeat the “gloomsters” by delivering Brexit on 31 October “no ifs no buts”.
Theresa May urged Jeremy Corbyn to consider resigning too as she clashed with him in the Commons for the last time as Prime Minister.
Donald Trump has labelled Boris Johnson “Britain Trump” and claimed he will “get it done” as Prime Minister.
Boris Johnson will have his Cabinet top team in place “by tomorrow night” after he swept to victory in the Tory leadership contest.
The UK continued to send child soldiers to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan despite pledging to end the practice, PoliticsHome can reveal.
Boris Johnson has won a landslide victory to become the new Conservative leader and is set to be sworn in as the UK’s next Prime Minister.
Controversial plans to make all Brits show ID at polling stations are set to go ahead - despite more than 1,000 have been denied a vote during trials.
Labour’s Shadow Cabinet are being urged to “examine their consciences” as Jewish leaders call on them to stamp out anti-Semitism in the party.
Schools urgently need a multi-billion pound cash injection to fix the "broken education funding system", MPs have said.
Theresa May has refused to sack the rebels in her Cabinet after four senior ministers refused to vote with the Government against a bid to block a no-deal Brexit.
Theresa May used her penultimate Prime Minister’s Questions to call on Jeremy Corbyn to “apologise” over his handling of anti-semitism in his party.
The next Labour government will commit to ending the “modern-day scourge” of in-work poverty over the course of a Parliament, according to John McDonnell.
Michael Gove has reversed his previous opposition to Boris Johnson becoming Tory leader saying his former rival would make a “great Prime Minister”.
Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt have taken a "very dangerous step" by pledging to axe the Irish backstop from any Brexit deal, the Tory chair of the Northern Ireland committee has warned.
Theresa May has refused to defend the rights of journalists to publish leaked material after criticism by a senior police figure over the Sir Kim Darroch diplomatic cables.
Labour’s deputy leader Tom Watson has hit out at the party’s use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to prevent staff members from speaking out on anti-semitism.
Labour is in talks with Tory rebels about the best time to call a vote of no confidence in the Government, according to a shadow cabinet member.
British Jihadis will face life in prison under Jeremy Hunt as he pledged to rewrite the treason laws if he becomes Prime Minister.
Boris Johnson has insisted he is “not bluffing” about a no deal Brexit amid warnings from two Cabinet ministers that pursuing such a course would crash the pound and threaten the union.