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Labour party chairman Ian Lavery has come under fire after issuing an impassioned defence of the party's disastrous election campaign.
Teachers are in line for the biggest shake-up of their pay "in a generation", Gavin Williamson has declared, as he unveiled plans for starting salaries to rise to £30,000 by 2022.
British business leaders have urged Boris Johnson to spell out his plans for post-Brexit trade talks with the European Union.
Convicted terrorists out of prison on license will now face lie detector tests to prove they have been de-radicalised.
Boris Johnson has been urged to do more for voters in the North East of England as a new poll found that they feel more "marginalised" than the rest of the country.
Sir Keir Starmer has become the first Labour leadership hopeful to make it onto the final ballot paper after winning the backing of another major union.
Boris Johnson has suffered a major blow after peers inflicted three defeats on the Government's flagship Brexit Bill.
A Parliamentary watchdog has been urged to block a peerage for top Labour aide Karie Murphy until an inquiry into the party's handling of anti-semitism has concluded.
Boris Johnson has vowed that the UK's immigration system will put "people before passports" after Brexit.
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.
Liberal Democrat MP Wera Hobhouse has confirmed that she is readying a bid to become the party's next leader.
Lisa Nandy has called for Labour leadership candidates to be given longer than 40 seconds to answer questions at hustings debates.
Boris Johnson has warned Vladimir Putin that there will be no thaw in UK-Russian relations in the wake of the Salisbury chemical attack.
The cost of HS2 could soar to £106bn, according to a government-comissioned review into the project.
The "toxicity" of Jeremy Corbyn was one of the main factors behind the Lib Dems' poor election performance, according to the party's interim leader.
The Tories have a 17-point lead over Labour as Boris Johnson exceeds voters' expectations in Number 10, according to a new poll.
Karie Murphy has strengthened her position within Labour despite being the architect of the party's worst election campaign in 85 years, PoliticsHome has learned.
Jess Phillips has said it will be “embarrassing” for the Labour party to elect a male leader and urged men to “pass the mic” if they truly believe in equal representation.
Jess Phillips attacked her leadership rivals over their part in handling Labour’s anti-semitism crisis at the party’s first hustings in the contest.
Former Commons Speaker John Bercow is set to enter the House of Lords after being recommended for a peerage by Jeremy Corbyn.
Boris Johnson has warned Cabinet ministers to focus on developing post-Brexit policy or face the sack in a Government re-shuffle expected to take place in the coming weeks.
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.
The House of Lords could be moved permanently to York under plans being considered by Boris Johnson.
Labour leadership candidates have been told to stop trying to “out-working-class” one another by the party’s chair.
Sadiq Khan has promised to make London carbon-neutral by 2030 if he is re-elected as mayor of London later this year.
Sajid Javid has warned British businesses there will be no alignment” with the EU after Brexit, adding that firms must “adjust” to new regulations.
Boris Johnson will usher in Britain's exit from the European Union with a light show at Number 10 amid a row over Brexiteers' demands for Big Ben to bong instead.
Keir Starmer has stretched his lead over Rebecca Long-Bailey in the race to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader, according to a new poll.
Labour-supporting actor Ricky Tomlinson has thrown his weight behind Keir Starmer in the race to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as party leader.
A former Labour MP who won a libel battle with the Unite union has threatened to call in the bailiffs to recover her costs.
Women's minister Victoria Atkins has revealed that she has suffered sexual harassment in the workplace.
Guy Verhofstadt suggested that the UK could rejoin the EU in the next few decades as young voters will demand it.
Rebecca Long-Bailey's bid to become the next Labour leader has been hit by controversy over comments she made before the election about late-term abortions.
Emily Thornberry will call on Labour members to choose her to lead the party on the "long, tough road back to power".
Nicky Morgan has heaped praise on the job Boris Johnson is doing as Prime Minister - despite previously saying she would never serve in his Cabinet.
Victims of sexual harassment are to be given a say by the Government on the best way to tackle the problem.