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Alain Tolhurst is Chief Reporter at PoliticsHome and host of The Rundown podcast each week.
Jacob Rees-Mogg has been criticised by doctors' leaders for the “disgraceful” comparison of a neurologist to a discredited anti-vaccine doctor.
As Parliament returned this week Boris Johnson hoped to quash a party rebellion and enact his plan to force through Brexit on 31 October, but instead the last few days have been a horror show for him.
The Prime Minister and his adviser Dominic Cummings are treating MPs “like fags in a public school”, according to Frances O’Grady. The TUC General Secretary talks to Alain Tolhurst about the fight to stop a “disastrous” no deal Brexit
More than 100 Tory MPs have written to Boris Johnson urging him to reinstate the 21 no-deal rebels he kicked out of the party.
Boris Johnson was accused of “demeaning the office of Prime Minister” by John McDonnell for heckling him in the Commons.
Sajid Javid declared he was “turning the page on austerity” as he unveiled a £13.8 billion Whitehall spending spree.
A group of Tory peers will launch a bid to block the no-deal bill when it reaches the House of Lords by laying down a series of wrecking amendments.
Claims that Boris Johnson will delay a snap election until after 31 October to force through a no-deal Brexit have been dismissed as “tin-foil hat stuff”.
Former education secretary Justine Greening has announced she is standing down at the next election with a stinging attack on Boris Johnson.
Sajid Javid will need to find an extra £5billion to pay for a host of government pledges in the spending review, according to a leading think tank.
Labour splits have erupted over Boris Johnson's threat to call a snap general election after a senior frontbencher said the party would not support it.
Boris Johnson’s comments about the burqa led to a “significant spike” in Islamophobic incidents, according to an anti-racism organisation.
Starting salaries for teachers could rise to £30,000 in the next four years under new plans unveiled by the Government.
The Tories racked up more than £5million in donations this spring – well over double the amount Labour managed to attract.
Jeremy Corbyn has hit back at Donald Trump after he was told not to table a no-confidence vote in the Prime Minister.
A Labour MP has suggested the monarchy could be abolished after the Queen approved Boris Johnson’s plan to suspend Parliament.
Donald Trump has waded into the row over the parliamentary shutdown by saying it will be “very hard” for Jeremy Corbyn to call a vote of no confidence in Boris Johnson.
With the shock announcement that Boris Johnson is to ask the Queen to prorogue Parliament, the Prime Minister has thrown the almightiest of spanners in the plans of those opposed to a no-deal Brexit.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has agreed to chair a 'Citizens' Forum' aimed at plotting a way out of the Brexit crisis.
Labour has called on the Government to “immediately ban fracking” after a record-breaking earthquake hit a site in Lancashire.
Boris Johnson has claimed the UK will “easily cope” with a no-deal Brexit and dismissed suggestions it would lead to food shortages.
Boris Johnson has said the chances of striking a new Brexit deal with the EU are “improving” but are still ”touch and go”.
Philip Hammond has demanded an apology from Downing Street after he was accused of leaking documents warning about the impact of a no-deal Brexit.
Boris Johnson has hit back at Donald Tusk after he was warned that he will go down in history as “Mr No-Deal”.
Boris Johnson is planning to tell the EU he will withhold £30 billion of the so-called “divorce bill” if there is a no-deal Brexit.
Emmanuel Macron has rejected the idea a replacement for the backstop can be found in the next 30 days calling the controversial policy “indispensable” to a Brexit deal.
Net migration of EU nationals has fallen by two-thirds since the referendum, according to official statistics.
Angela Merkel has given the UK a 30-day countdown to come up with a replacement for the backstop or face a no-deal Brexit.
A no-deal Brexit is now the “most likely” outcome according to France ahead of Boris Johnson’s visit to try and re-open negotiations with the EU.
The public are increasingly convinced by Boris Johnson's clam Brexit will happen by 31 October "do or die", according to a new poll.
The future of HS2 hangs in the balance after Boris Johnson ordered a review into “whether” it should proceed.
Downing Street has accused the EU of being unwilling to renegotiate a Brexit deal after it rejected Boris Johnson’s call to ditch the backstop.
The EU has rejected Boris Johnson’s letter calling for the Irish backstop to be “replaced”, as the Prime Minister was accused of "not proposing realistic alternatives" to the border plan.
Pressure is mounting on Jeremy Corbyn to ditch Labour’s policy of getting a new Brexit deal as two of his closest allies said they want to stay in the EU whatever the circumstances.
EU citizens entering Britain will face “tougher criminality rules” the day after a no-deal Brexit, Number 10 have revealed.
Labour has backed calls for MPs to cut short the summer recess and head back to Parliament to work on blocking a no-deal Brexit.