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Ministers will have to spend an extra £54bn on public services if they are serious about ending austerity, a leading think tank has said.
A war of words between Downing Street and Brussels has erupted after the EU said it would not agree a post-Brexit trade deal with the UK "at any cost".
David Steel has resigned from the Lib Dems and quit the House of Lords in the wake of criticism at his handling of allegations of child abuse against Cyril Smith.
Sir Keir Starmer has called for Alastair Campbell to be allowed back into the Labour Party after he was booted out for backing the Liberal Democrats.
Westminster’s political parties turned a “blind eye” to child abuse and instead sought to protect MPs from prosecution, a damning public inquiry has found.
Tony Blair has joined a host of Labour grandees in backing Ian Murray as the party’s next deputy leader.
A Conservative MP has been forced to apologise after a video emerged of him exposing himself in a pub.
The EU is set to demand the UK keep its ban on chlorinated chicken if it wants to secure a post-Brexit trade deal with the bloc.
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.
Hundreds of social media accounts had to be shut down last year because they were being used inside prisons, PoliticsHome can reveal.
Angela Rayner has accused Jeremy Corbyn of failing to win the "respect" of voters as she launched a bitter attack on his leadership.
Britain's top civil servant has described a major Whitehall row with Priti Patel as a "distraction", as he ordered an end to "unattributable" media briefings by government officials.
Boris Johnson will prioritise "taking back control" of the UK's laws from Brussels over agreeing a free trade deal with the EU, it has emerged.
Boris Johnson has expressed his "full confidence" in Home Secretary Priti Patel amid claims she had been cut out of intelligence briefings.
Boris Johnson has stayed away from flood-hit parts of the country because he does not want to "distract" from recovery efforts, Downing Street has said.
Shadow Health Secretary Jon Ashworth has branded rising health inequalities as a "national disgrace".
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.
Keir Starmer has pledged to give Rebecca Long-Bailey and Lisa Nandy rivals "top jobs" in his Shadow Cabinet if he defeats them in the race to become Labour leader.
Diane Abbott has confirmed she will stand down from the shadow Cabinet whoever wins the Labour leadership contest.
The new Environment Secretary failed to confirm that the UK will ban the import of chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated beef from the US.
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”.
The House of Lords is facing criticism after it was revealed peers’ expense claims have risen by 29% in a year, taking the total bill to £23million.
Labour must end its internal divisions or it faces being locked out of power for a generation, according to Keir Starmer.
French President Emmanual Macron has said he’s “not sure” that an UK-EU trade deal can be reached by the end of the year.
Dominic Cummings has said Downing Street advisers should toughen up, following reports some had sought counselling for stress.
Theresa May has been warned to expect criticism in an upcoming independent review into the Windrush scandal.
Boris Johnson last night released a photograph of himself posing with new blue post-Brexit British passport.
Rebecca Long-Bailey has sparked a Labour split after challenging her leadership rivals to match her plans for a "council house building boom".
Richard Burgon has vowed to increase the number of Labour Party members to one million if he becomes deputy leader.
A major Whitehall trade union has urged the government to urgently introduce an independent complaints procedure for civil servants after Home Secretary Priti Patel was accused of "bullying" her staff.
Sadiq Khan has ruled out backing Rebecca Long-Bailey to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader.
John McDonnell has defended his decision to compare the Julian Assange's situation to a Jewish soldier falsely accused of spying.
Scotland is at risk of becoming "one of the West's most divided countries" because of the independence and Brexit referendums, Gordon Brown has warned.