A furious row has erupted in the Liberal Democrats after the party's candidate in a key marginal seat announced he was stepping aside to boost Labour's chances of winning it.

A former Conservative MP who was convicted of expenses irregularities and lost his seat has decided not to stand for the Tories again following an angry backlash.

A Labour member beaten in the race for a plum seat by a close ally of Jeremy Corbyn has hit out at the party's "crooked" candidate selection process.

Boris Johnson will promise to end the UK's Brexit "groundhoggery" and accuse those pushing for a second referendum of "political self-obsession and onanism".

The number of people forced to rely on food banks has risen more sharply than any time in the last five years, new figures have revealed.

Labour has pledged to pump £26bn extra into the NHS as part of a wide-ranging "rescue plan" if the party wins the general election.

Labour has confirmed it is standing by a general election candidate who was crtiticised for foul-mouthed social media posts criticising female Tories.

Labour have been targeted by a second cyber attack just 24 hours after a similar effort disrupted some of their online systems.

A Brexit Party MEP has quit as a general election candidate in protest at Nigel Farage's decision not to contest Tory-held seats.

Jeremy Corbyn admitted he was "very nervous" about attempts by hackers to disrupt the general election after Labour was hit by a "serious" cyber-attack.

Senior Labour figures have paid tribute to former Cabinet minister Frank Dobson, who has died aged 79.

UK employment has suffered its biggest quarterly fall in four years ahead of the general election, according to new figures.

A Cabinet minister has apologised following a row over a heavily-edited video produced by the Conservatives on Labour's Brexit policy.

Labour has foiled a "sophisticated and large scale" attempt to hack the party's database.

A fresh election row has erupted as the Conservatives claimed a Labour government would see workers cough up an extra £2,400 in taxes every year because of a "black hole" in the party's spending plans.

Labour has urged the Conservatives to ditch an election candidate over a string of "disgusting" articles about Muslims and the spread of the HIV virus.

Nigel Farage is coming under pressure from senior Conservatives not to stand candidates in Labour-held marginals.

Boris Johnson has called a meeting of the Government's emergency Cobra committee amid mounting criticism of his response to major flooding in northern England. 

Labour has pledged to guarantee voters the right to study for up to six years free of charge as part of a wider boost to adult education.

Hillary Clinton has condemned Boris Johnson’s “inexplicable” decision to block the release of a report into Russian interference in UK elections.

Take anything Nigel Farage tells you with a mountain of salt.

Nigel Farage has announced that the Brexit Party will no longer contest seats held by the Conservatives at next month’s election.

A top Muslim group has hit out at Boris Johnson for breaking his promise to investigate "institutional" Islamophobia in his party.

Local Labour members have called on the party to drop a candidate who shared an image of Theresa May with a gun pointing at her head.

The UK has avoided a recession after the economy grew by 0.3% in 2019’s third quarter, new figures show.

Labour would ensure every child has access to mental health support at school if the party wins the general election, Jeremy Corbyn has announced.

A majority of Britons would not mind if Northern Ireland left the UK so long as they got their preferred Brexit outcome, a new poll has found.

Labour's Keith Vaz has announced that he will not run to become an MP again after being handed a six-month Commons ban for causing "significant damage" to its reputation.

Boris Johnson will make an election pledge to amend the Human Rights Act in an effort to stop military veterans being prosecuted over killings that took place during The Troubles.

Former Conservative Cabinet minister Brian Mawhinney has died at the age of 79 after a long illness, his family have announced.

Chancellor Sajid Javid has defended the Conservatives' election claim that a Labour government would usher in more than one trillion pounds'-worth of extra public spending over the next five years.

Sajid Javid has confirmed that a long-promised Conservative inquiry into Islamophobia will now be broadened out to include "all types of prejudice".

A Labour activist criticised for sharing an image of Theresa May with a gun pointing at her head has been chosen as a general election candidate.

John Bercow has unleashed a bitter attack on David Cameron, accusing the former prime minister of being "born to rule".

The Conservatives have been forced to drop a candidate in a marginal seat candidate over a series of social media posts he made about foodbanks and feminism.

A senior Labour frontbencher has denied changing the lyrics of the Beatles song "Hey Jude" to "Hey Jews" during a late-night bus journey.