Rebecca Long-Bailey has said sorry after she described a man who was left brain damaged following an accident as being a "practical vegetable".

The system of automatically releasing convicted terrorists part-way through their sentences has “come to the end of its useful life”, Boris Johnson has declared in the wake of a fresh attack in London.

European fishing boats must have access to UK waters in return for a comprehensive free trade agreement with Brussels, Michel Barnier has declared.

Boris Johnson is to unveil “fundamental changes” to the way convicted terrorists are released from jail in the wake of the Streatham knife attack.

Matt Hancock has announced a £20 million fund to help create life-saving vaccines to tackle the coronavirus and other epidemic diseases.

Emily Thornberry has made a desperate plea for Labour members to put her through to the final round of the party's leadership race.

Nissan will pull out of mainland Europe and instead focus on its UK plant if Brexit leads to tariffs on car exports, it has been reported.

Boris Johnson will today set himself on a fresh collision course with Brussels by insisting the UK will not accept EU rules as the price of a tariff-free trade deal.

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has hit out at Donald Tusk over his supportive comments towards Scottish independence, branding them "un-European" and "irresponsible".

Leo Varadkar has urged Boris Johnson to "tone down the nationalistic rhetoric" as the Prime Minister prepares to make a speech calling for "no alignment" with the European Union after Brexit.

Dominic Raab has rejected a claim from the EU's Michel Barnier that the Brexit agreement makes customs checks in the Irish Sea "indispensable".

Boris Johnson is preparing to launch a £5m ad blitz in a bid to dampen support for a future Scottish independence referendum.

Sir Keir Starmer will throw his weight behind a key Labour plan to tax the highest-paid as he seeks to clinch the party leadership.

Dominic Cummings has established a "network of spies" to watch special advisers suspected of passing over information to journalists, it has been claimed.

Boris Johnson will declare that he wants "no alignment" between Britain and the European Union in a post-Brexit trade deal.

The Justice Secretary Robert Buckland has faced criticism from leading barristers that he misled the Commons Justice Committee over crown court funding cuts.

The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, has praised the "strength of our unrivalled ties" he defended his "tough" approach to Brexit negotiations.

The Prime Minister has sacked the woman in charge of running the UN climate summit in Glasgow later this year.

Boris Johnson said Britain had "taken back the tools of self-government" as Britain formally left the European Union after years of political drama.

Boris Johnson has dropped a fresh hint that the Government will press ahead with the controversial High Speed 2 rail link.

Tony Blair has called on the UK to “make the best” of Brexit as he conceded the time is not right to push to rejoin the European Union.

Keir Starmer has said he would undo Boris Johnson’s push to end European freedom of movement if he became Prime Minister.

Businesses will face more regulations and bureaucracy when trading with the EU after Brexit, Michael Gove has admitted.

Nicola Sturgeon has admitted a second Scottish independence referendum may not take place this year.

Boris Johnson is accused of being “terrified of the Scottish people having their say” by Nicola Sturgeon as she makes a renewed independence push.

Keir Starmer is calling for EU nationals living in the UK to be granted full voting rights in future elections.

The UK will officially exit the European Union at 11pm on Friday night, more than three and half years since the public voted to leave, so how did we finally get here?

Brexit will herald "the dawn of a new era" which will spread opportunity across the UK, according to Boris Johnson.

Lindsay Hoyle has given the green light for female MPs to breastfeed in the House of Commons chamber.

A majority of Scots now want independence from the rest of the UK, according to a new poll.

The Foreign Secretary said China has agreed to let a plane full of UK nationals trapped in Wuhan fly home amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Stephen Barclay is set to receive a £17,000 golden goodbye as the Brexit department begins to wind down ahead of the UK's exit from the European Union.

Steve Baker has revealed that he wants to be International Trade Secretary as Boris Johnson plans a major Cabinet reshuffle.

Emily Thornberry has apologised for saying she "hates" the SNP.

Jeremy Hunt is among a group of former senior ministers handed top roles on influential select committees.

Boris Johnson and Sajid Javid are set to give the green light to HS2 despite the project's spiralling costs.