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Matt Dathan

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Matt Dathan is Online Political Reporter for The Independent. He previously reported on politics at The Times

Home Secretary Theresa May
UK Politics

May urged to rethink £35,000 salary threshold for migrants

'Jeremy Hunt's advice to parents could well be fatal'
UK Politics

Jeremy Hunt fails to guarantee patient safety during February strike

The cover of David Bowie's Aladdin Sane album has become one of the most enduring images of the late artist
UK Politics

The spirit of David Bowie can beat Isis, says Boris Johnson

Angela Merkel and David Cameron at Chequers in October
UK Politics

UK's lowest paid could be stripped of tax credits under new EU plan

Ken Livingstone is backing Jeremy Corbyn
UK Politics

Ken Livingstone accuses US ambassador of scaremongering over Trident

Trump rallying in Iowa on January 12
UK Politics

MPs will debate whether to ban Donald Trump from the UK for three hour

Jeremy Corbyn drew large crowds for speeches during the Labour leadership election
UK Politics

Fewer than 14,000 people have quit the Labour party since election

Chris Grayling, Leader of the House of Commons
UK Politics

Chris Grayling accused of 'peddling myths' about the EU by fellow Tory

Doctors working in the emergency department of Shifa hospital in Gaza send their messages of support
UK Politics

Gaza medics send messages of support to striking junior doctors

Dawn Butler the MP for Brent Central resigned from the shadow cabinet alongside Rachael Maskell
UK Politics

David Cameron accused of 'sh***ing all over the working class'

Squeeze changed the lyrics to their new single 'Cradle to the Grave'
UK Politics

Squeeze singer explains why he shamed Cameron live on television

David Cameron appears in front of the Liaison Committee on Tuesday
UK Politics

David Cameron admits 'there aren't enough' moderate fighters in Syria

Professor Norman Williams, senior clinical adviser to Jeremy Hunt
UK Politics

Reporter told he can't ask where Jeremy Hunt is

UK Politics

Reporter told he can't ask where Jeremy Hunt is

Professor Norman Williams, senior clinical adviser to Jeremy Hunt
Jeremy Hunt sneaked out an announcement that NHS England was discontinuing weekly updates of a number of target indicators
UK Politics

Jeremy Hunt accuses junior doctors of 'putting patients at risk'

Grant Shapps quit as a minister over claims he had been warned about bullying in the party before the death of 21-year-old activist Elliott Johnson
UK Politics

Tories accused of getting 'everything wrong' on bullying scandal probe

Junior Doctors walk out from 8am for 24 hours
UK Politics

Striking junior doctors ordered back to work in Midlands hospital

David Cameron was the first British PM in decades to visit many of the countries
UK Politics

David Cameron imposes strict rules on eurosceptic ministers

David Cameron was the first British PM in decades to visit many of the countries
UK Politics

David Cameron imposes strict rules on eurosceptic ministers

Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell, his Shadow Chancellor and close friend
UK Politics

Media coverage of Jeremy Corbyn is 'worst' any politician has received

Catherine McKinnell resigned as Shadow Attorney General
UK Politics

Jeremy Corbyn suffers latest frontbench resignation

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn attending a Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament rally in August last year
UK Politics

Labour members will have a 'big say' on Trident policy - Jeremy Corbyn

A can of coke should increase by 50 per cent, says the National Obesity Forum
UK Politics

Sugar tax should be set at 50%, say obesity experts

Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary
UK Politics

Calls for inquiry into Whitehall's sexed-up warning of doctors strike

Emily Thornberry
UK Politics

Emily Thornberry 'doesn't know why' Corbyn gave her defence role

Mhari Black, the 21-year-old SNP MP
UK Politics

Mhairi Black attacks Tories for failing to attend equality debate

Lord Kinnock asked the Government to provide 'all factual evidence' that shows benefits encourage EU migrants to come to the UK
UK Politics

Tory minister admits 'no evidence' benefit tourism causes EU migration

Emily Thornberry
UK Politics

Emily Thornberry 'doesn't know why' Corbyn gave her defence role

Mhari Black, the 21-year-old SNP MP
UK Politics

Mhairi Black attacks Tories for failing to attend equality debate

Lord Kinnock asked the Government to provide 'all factual evidence' that shows benefits encourage EU migrants to come to the UK
UK Politics

Tory minister admits 'no evidence' benefit tourism causes EU migration

Simon Danczuk was suspended
UK Politics

Simon Danczuk sends new texts to teenager Sophena Houlihan

UK Politics

Simon Danczuk sends new texts to teenager Sophena Houlihan

Simon Danczuk was suspended
David Cameron hopes to complete his EU renegotiation next month
UK Politics

Hungarians 'aren't migrants or parasites,' David Cameron told

David Cameron promised an announcement on tackling childhood obesity 'later this year'
UK Politics

David Cameron threatens to impose sugar tax to combat 'obesity crisis'

Diane Abbott, Shadow International Development Secretary
UK Politics

Diane Abbott labelled 'sell-out' for sending her son to private school

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne during a tour of the Small Business Saturday Christmas Fair at the Treasury
UK Politics

George Osborne says he had no involvement in scrapping banking probe

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne during a tour of the Small Business Saturday Christmas Fair at the Treasury
UK Politics

George Osborne says he had no involvement in scrapping banking probe

Business

George Osborne warns UK to prepare for interest rate rise this year

The report suggests that sugary, carbon-dioxide-filled fizzy drinks could be banned from schools
UK Politics

Ministers consider U-turn on sugar tax

UK Politics

Jeremy Corbyn accused of opening up north-south divide in Labour party

Jess Phillips attacked Iain Duncan Smith over cuts to the Universal Credit Working Allowance
UK Politics

Iain Duncan Smith described as 'arrogant, smug' and 'the worst human'

UK Politics

Stephen Doughty quits live on TV over Jeremy Corbyn's reshuffle

Jeremy Corbyn takes on David Cameron at PMQs
UK Politics

PMQs live: Jeremy Corbyn takes on Cameron after reshuffle

David Cameron admitted he would have been forced to resign had he lost the referendum on Scottish independence in 2014
UK Politics

David Cameron dodges question on quitting as PM if he loses EU vote

Prince Khalid bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz, right, with British Prime Minister David Cameron
UK Politics

David Cameron delays planned visit to Saudi Arabia

Michael Dugher has been sacked as Shadow Culture Secretary
UK Politics

Jeremy Corbyn sacks Shadow Culture Secretary Michael Dugher

Hilary Benn is believed to have survived attempts to oust him as Shadow Foreign Secretary
UK Politics

Jeremy Corbyn reshuffle live: Hilary Benn set to survive

Hilary Benn is expected to be demoted or sacked from the Shadow Cabinet after he defied Jeremy Corbyn over the Syria vote
UK Politics

Jeremy Corbyn begins first Shadow Cabinet reshuffle

UK Politics

Jeremy Corbyn begins first Shadow Cabinet reshuffle

Hilary Benn is expected to be demoted or sacked from the Shadow Cabinet after he defied Jeremy Corbyn over the Syria vote
Labour wrote an open letter to Justice Secretary Michael Gove demanding answers
UK Politics

'Secret' UK-Saudi Arabia judicial deal must be scrapped, says Labour

Support for EU membership relied on David Cameron’s negotiating
UK Politics

David Cameron condemns Isis video as 'desperate stuff'

David Cameron leaves 10 Downing Street ahead of the debate and vote in the House of Commons on joining the bombing campaign against the Islamic State group in Syria
UK Politics

David Cameron finally breaks silence over Saudi Arabia executions

Jeremy Corbyn attends a protest against latest fare rise at King's Cross Station in London on Monday morning
UK Politics

Corbyn joins rail fare rise protests and backs renationalisation

Jeremy Corbyn attends a protest against latest fare rise at King's Cross Station in London on Monday morning
UK Politics

Corbyn joins rail fare rise protests and backs renationalisation

Simon Danczuk
UK Politics

Simon Danczuk tells Labour to bar Ken Livingstone from sexting inquiry

Danczuk has claimed he is a 'man of the world'
UK Politics

Simon Danczuk's first wife threatens to change daughter's name

Prime Minister David Cameron, who said in his Christmas message that Britain's Christian values have been key to making the country a successful home to people of all faiths and none
UK Politics

Cameron vows poverty crackdown while figures show homelessness doubled

John Bercow, House of Commons Speaker
UK Politics

John Bercow accused of covering up Parliament's drinking problem

Labour grandee says Jeremy Corbyn is 'intent on splitting the party between the hard left and its centre ground'
UK Politics

Jeremy Corbyn is 'intentionally dividing Labour', says Lord Mandelson

The biggest fare hike was a season ticket on the Virgin Trains route between Birmingham and London Euston
UK Politics

Commuters are paying £2,000 more in rail fares under David Cameron

Jeremy Corbyn walks across a foot bridge at the Foss Barrier, during his visit to view flood affected areas in York
UK Politics

Jeremy Corbyn defends absence from floods: 'I didn't want to get in th

David Cameron and Jeremy Corbyn will both face challenges in party management in 2016
UK Politics

The 5 events that could change the shape of British politics in 2016

The PM has come under fire for handing so many gongs to his allies, party members and supporters
UK Politics

The 7 biggest Tory cronies given New Year's honours

Lynton Crosby, who was credited with masterminding the Conservative Party’s first outright election win in more than 20 years
UK Politics

Tory MP Mark Garnier condemns Lynton Crosby knighthood

David Cameron and George Osborne
News

George Osborne accused of increasing 'human misery' caused by floods

News

George Osborne accused of increasing 'human misery' caused by floods

David Cameron and George Osborne
Iain Duncan Smith has suffered numerous IT setbacks with his Universal Credit programme
UK Politics

Iain Duncan Smith is recruiting for £140,000 Universal Credit role

Vincent Kompany grew up near to the Molenbeek district of Brussels
People

Vincent Kompany attacks the media for distorting image of Molenbeek

Theresa May is rumoured to be considering leading the Out campaign in the EU referendum
UK Politics

Theresa May refuses to rule out leading Out campaign

Oliver Letwin was an adviser to Margaret Thatcher when he wrote the letter in 1985
UK Politics

The 5 most shocking phrases in Oliver Letwin's 'racist' memo

Oliver Letwin was an adviser to Margaret Thatcher when he wrote the letter in 1985
UK Politics

The 5 most shocking phrases in Oliver Letwin's 'racist' memo

Repairing the Palace of Westminster could cost up to £7bn, a report earlier this year found
UK Politics

Plan to house MPs in car park during refurb described as 'bonkers'

UK Politics

Economic cost of flooding could hit £6bn, industry experts warn

David Cameron visits soldiers working on flood relief in York city centre
UK Politics

David Cameron heckled by flood victims

Simon Danczuk has said he is prepared to run as a stalking horse to ensure a leadership race
UK Politics

Simon Danczuk accused of peddling Ukip line over foreign aid call

Temporary flood defences on the River Ouse in York City centre
UK Politics

Britain needs a 'complete rethink' of its flood defences

David Cameron described the flooding in Yorkshire over the weekend as 'unprecedented'
UK Politics

David Cameron accused of neglecting the North over flooding

Sir Jeremy Heywood has already held discussions with David Cameron about post-May 7
UK Politics

Boost for FOI Act as UK's top civil servant opposes tough new rules

Jeremy Corbyn is flanked by Shadow Business Secretary Angela Eagle (left) and chief whip Rosie Winterton (right) at a meeting of his Shadow Cabinet
UK Politics

Jeremy Corbyn is 'planning' a new year Shadow Cabinet reshuffle

Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales
UK Politics

Christians are the 'most persecuted people in the world - it's a fact'

Nigel Farage and Douglas Carswell in happier days
UK Politics

Nigel Farage threatens to sack Ukip's only MP Douglas Carswell

David Cameron described talks with EU leaders as 'lively'
UK Politics

Paris attacks makes it more important Britain stays in EU says Cameron

Osborne is cutting public borrowing, or rate the Government borrows money, but shifting debt onto the private sector
UK Politics

George Osborne criticised after being given credit in Star Wars film

David Cameron has appointed a Commission to review the FOI Act
UK Politics

David Cameron accused of 'governing from the gloom'

Ministers are refusing to reveal exactly how many European citizens are working in the UK because it could interfere with David Cameron’s EU talks
UK Politics

The moment that symbolised David Cameron's approach to the EU

David Cameron was accused of 'deliberately trying to avoid proper scrutiny' by flooding the news wires with dozens of statements
UK Politics

The 7 pieces of bad news the Government tried to bury

The Peak District is one of three national parks that could be affected by the decision
News

David Cameron accused of breaking promise over Britain's beauty spots

Ministers are refusing to reveal exactly how many European citizens are working in the UK because it could interfere with David Cameron’s EU talks
UK Politics

The moment that symbolised David Cameron's approach to the EU

David Cameron was accused of 'deliberately trying to avoid proper scrutiny' by flooding the news wires with dozens of statements
UK Politics

The 7 pieces of bad news the Government tried to bury

The Peak District is one of three national parks that could be affected by the decision
News

David Cameron accused of breaking promise over Britain's beauty spots

David Cameron leaves 10 Downing Street ahead of the debate and vote in the House of Commons on joining the bombing campaign against the Islamic State group in Syria
UK Politics

David Cameron says Muslim Brotherhood members are potential extremists

Lucy Allan MP urged Theresa May to ‘ensure this inquiry starts without delay and leaves no stone unturned’
UK Politics

New Tory bullying row as MP accused of 'vicious' abuse against staffer

Jeremy Corbyn pleaded with journalists not to step on the bulbs growing in his front garden
UK Politics

Jeremy Corbyn tells Westminster journalists: I've kept you in a job

The proposals would allow Sir Jeremy Heywood to inform parliament of the prime minister's decision to go to war
UK Politics

UK air strikes in Syria have helped Sunni states 'ditch Isis fight'

Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London
UK Politics

David Cameron rejects call for Donald Trump to be banned from UK

UK Politics

David Cameron and Jeremy Corbyn clash over brewing NHS crisis at PMQs

"We will evaluate the court's decision and continue to fight this proposal on every possible front"
UK Politics

Donald Trump loses battle to block wind farms near his Scottish resort

Iain Duncan Smith has made clear a further raid on Universal Credit would be a 'red line'
UK Politics

Iain Duncan Smith accused of creating new postcode lottery

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