Labour has accused ministers of "neglect" as a new survey revealed that one in three councils fear they will not have the cash to provide basic services within five years.

Boris Johnson is being urged to drastically cut the size of the Cabinet by taking the axe to a wave of Whitehall departments.

Ministers have been urged to introduce legislation to tackle online interference in elections within the next six months following a "disappointing" response to MPs' recommendations.

MPs are more likely to suffer depression, unhappiness and worthlessness than the general public, a new study has found.

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt would be forced to either cut spending or raise taxes to pay for their big-money campaign spending pledges, Philip Hammond has warned.

An attempt by MPs to try and block a no-deal Brexit by cutting off spending to government departments has been dashed by John Bercow.

Civil service bosses have been urged to step in after Jeremy Hunt threatened to block summer holidays for government workers if Whitehall’s no-deal Brexit plans are not in place.

With the next general election potentially just weeks away, Labour MPs have until next Monday to tell party bosses whether they plan to stand again.

Boris Johnson has refused to commit to boosting public sector pay if he becomes Prime Minister, despite key campaign ally Matt Hancock announcing it as a policy on his behalf.

An outgoing Tory MEP who had been supporting Boris Johnson to be his party's next leader has announced he is now backing Jeremy Hunt.

Jeremy Hunt has been accused of being "divorced from reality" as he threatened to cancel all civil service holidays unless no-deal Brexit preparations are up to scratch.

Philip Hammond has hit out at Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt's big-money spending pledges and warned there will be no money to pay for them if there is a no-deal Brexit.

Britain's top civil servant is to write to Jeremy Corbyn after "unacceptable" claims by government officials that the Labour leader isn't healthy enough to become Prime Minister.

Left-wing campaign group Momentum are to send hundreds of activists to Boris Johnson’s seat in a bid to oust him at the next general election.

Nigel Farage has urged the Conservatives to "step aside" to give his Brexit Party a chance to take seats from Labour.

Theresa May has taken a thinly-veiled swipe at Boris Johnson over the Tory leadership hopeful's pledge to deliver Brexit "do or die" by 31 October.

Boris Johnson would scrap public sector pay freezes if he becomes Prime Minister, his Conservative campaign ally Matt Hancock has said.

Jeremy Hunt has pledged to hand the farming and fishing industries a £6bn cash boost to help them cope with a no-deal Brexit if he becomes Prime Minister.

Winning the Tory leadership could be the easy part for the next Prime Minister amid suggestions whoever gets the keys to Number 10 could face a vote to kick them straight out on day one.

Labour splits over a second EU referendum have resurfaced after Len McCluskey urged senior frontbench figures to allow Jeremy Corbyn the time to firm up the party’s policy.

Boris Johnson said he feels a “deep sense of anguish” over Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe - but rejected the claim he has any responsibility for her current plight.

Theresa May is said to be planning on using her final days in office to make sure new domestic abuse legislation is passed.

Boris Johnson has insisted there is "cash available" for his ambitious spending plans if he becomes Prime Minister.

Tory leadership hopeful Jeremy Hunt has said that he could hold back some of the £39billion "divorce bill" from the European Union in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

Jeremy Corbyn has hit back at claims he isn’t healthy enough to become Prime Minister and called for an investigation to find the civil servants who made them.

Britain’s chief Brexit negotiator, Olly Robbins, is to quit his role shortly after the new Prime Minister takes over in July.

Labour would bring in a new law to tackle the “injustice” of poor nutrition among children from lower income families and do more to boost their access to fresh fruit and vegetables, the party has announced.

Rory Stewart is planning to launch a campaign organisation if Boris Johnson becomes Prime Minister, it has been reported.

Justice Secretary David Gauke has seen off a vote of no-confidence from his local party that was backed by hard Brexit campaigners.

Meetings of Labour’s Shadow Cabinet will no longer discuss “sensitive topics” because of leaks to the media, Jeremy Corbyn has said.

Labour has hit out at the "closed elite" in the House of Lords after figures revealed that the majority of peers went to private school.

Boris Johnson has pledged to undo billions of pounds of Government cuts to schools funding if he becomes the next Prime Minister.

Chris Williamson has lost the Labour whip again - just 48 hours after he was controversially allowed back into the party.

The public would rather have Jeremy Hunt as Prime Minister than Boris Johnson, a new poll has revealed.

Boris Johnson has dropped a major hint that he would scrap plans for a new Government sugar crackdown if he becomes Prime Minister.

Dozens of MPs have called for Chris Williamson to be expelled from the Parliamentary Labour Party.