A Brexit Party candidate for the European elections has quit over a colleague's refusal to apologise for past comments on a notorious IRA bombing.

Gavin Williamson will avoid a criminal investigation into his alleged role in leaking top-secret information after the head of the Metropolitan Police said the case would need to be referred to them by ministers.

Theresa May has been accused of "rewarding" Gavin Williamson after it emerged he will receive a pay-off following his sacking over the Huawei leak.

Voters are heading to the polls today as the parties do battle for thousands of council seats across England and Northern Ireland.

Gavin Williamson should face a criminal probe after he was sacked over the Huawei leak, according to senior politicians.

John Bercow has defended his decision to stay on as Commons Speaker - and dropped a fresh hint that he is preparing to step down soon.

State-owned Russian television channel RT is a "weapon of disinformation", Jeremy Hunt will declare today.

Jeremy Corbyn has described anti-semitic language used in a book he endorsed as "utterly deplorable".

Ministers should commit to an “ambitious new goal” of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050, a Government advisory body has said.

Gavin Williamson has denied being the source of the Huawei leak after being sacked as Defence Secretary by Theresa May.

Former Labour MP Fiona Onasanya has been ousted from her Commons seat after her constituents backed a recall petition that was triggered against her.

Theresa May has sacked Gavin Williamson as Defence Secretary after a Whitehall probe found him guilty of leaking her decision to give Chinese firm Huawei a role in the development of the UK's 5G network.

Gavin Williamson has been sacked as Secretary of State for Defence after Prime Minister Theresa May following an investigation into the source of the Huawei leak.

Theresa May has ditched her claim that “no-deal is better than a bad deal” as she dropped a strong hint that a soft Brexit agreement with Labour could be in the offing.

SNP MP Pete Wishart has thrown his hat into the ring to become the next Commons Speaker.

A top Jewish leader has demanded Jeremy Corbyn provide an explanation for endorsing a book which contained "obvious anti-semitism".

Theresa May has been warned that Britain risks “nesting a dragon” if ministers ignore top intelligence advice and allow Huawei to build parts of the country's new 5G network.

Ministers have been accused of "keeping the public in the dark" as the number of Freedom of Information requests rejected by Whitehall departments hit a record high.

Here's how all the action unfolded LIVE as Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn went head-to-head at Prime Minister's Questions. Includes full quotes from all the key exchanges about public services, Huawei and more.

Senior Labour frontbenchers have defended Jeremy Corbyn over his praise for a book which suggested banks and the media were controlled by Jews.

The Department for Transport is set to take £50m hit after it cancelled no-deal Brexit ferry contracts.

A cross-party group of MPs has referred the Home Office to the UK's equalities watchdog as they warned that "nothing has changed" since the Windrush scandal erupted last year.

Michael Gove has told Cabinet ministers that they would be better to accept an "unpalatable" Brexit deal with Labour than risk never leaving the European Union at all.

Jeremy Corbyn heaped praise on a book which suggested banks and the media were controlled by Jews, it has emerged.

The DWP risks leaving benefit claimants "destitute" if it fails to properly prepare for the roll-out of Universal Credit, a group of influential MPs has warned.

Jeremy Corbyn will today call on MPs to do their "historic duty" and make the UK Parliament the first in the world to declare a climate emergency.

Labour's manifesto for the European Parliament will not contain a pledge to hold a second Brexit referendum.

Labour took nearly two weeks to launch an investigation into a party member who called for a "march" on a synagogue.

Ministers must plug the funding gap to save children’s services currently at “crisis point”, a group of influential MPs has demanded.

Theresa May has set a seven-day deadline for Brexit talks with Labour to reach a conclusion.

Scottish Labour's former deputy leader Anas Sarwar has claimed he was "barred" from giving evidence at a "deeply flawed" probe into allegations of Islamophobia against him.

Labour has taken a swipe at the Government after a new report revealed social mobility had remained "virtually stagnant" since 2014.

Pro-EU party Change UK has suffered a major blow ahead of the European elections after a poll found that more Brits think Labour are “anti-Brexit” than the new group.

Commons Speaker John Bercow has been blasted by his counterpart in the House of Lords after banning Donald Trump from addressing parliament.

Tory MPs could be forced to drop their support for Theresa May's Brexit deal if she signs a compromise agreement with Labour, Jeremy Hunt has warned.

Labour bosses are set for showdown talks on whether or not to back a referendum on the final Brexit deal.