The Government is set for an embarrassing defeat after scores of Tory MPs lined up to rebel over an apparent delay in plans to crack down on fixed odds betting terminals.

Theresa May has insisted the Brexit negotiations have now entered the "endgame" despite ongoing deadlock on how to solve the Irish border problem.

A Government minister has defended housing tsar Roger Scruton amid calls that he be ousted from his new role over a string of controversial comments.

Ministers could be forced to publish the legal advice they received on their plans for avoiding a hard Irish border, it has emerged.

Gordon Brown has swiped back at Jeremy Corbyn over his claim that Brexit cannot be stopped and said the Labour leader must follow party members’ wishes.

A former Liberal Democrat peer could be hit with Parliament's longest-ever suspension over claims he tried to get a woman to have sex with him in return for getting her into the House of Lords.

Government plans for a no-deal Brexit are set to be ramped up as hopes of a deal between Britain and Brussels fade.

A Brexit rift at the top of Labour has once again burst into the open as Keir Starmer defied Jeremy Corbyn and declared that the process "can be stopped". 

Boris Johnson is set to cause a fresh headache for Theresa May as he joins up to 60 MPs rebelling over delays to a clampdown on gambling machines.

Britain could be open to a “different relationship” with Russia after years of tension, Theresa May will say today.

Theresa May will have to resign as Prime Minister if her Brexit plan is "torn up" by Parliament, a Tory former Cabinet minister has declared.

Jeremy Corbyn has said politicians should focus on bringing the UK back together rather than having another EU referendum.

Jeremy Hunt is set to confront the Saudi leadership over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

A Brexit backstop plan that leaves Britain "trapped" in the EU's customs orbit would not be "sellable" to Parliament, Cabinet minister Andrea Leadsom has warned Theresa May.

Labour could still throw its weight behind a second referendum on leaving the EU, a top frontbencher has insisted, after Jeremy Corbyn angered MPs by saying Brexit could not be stopped.

Donald Trump has been criticised by senior Tory MPs, including a defence minister, for cancelling a visit to a cemetery for American soldiers killed in the First World War because it was raining.

The army is on standby to help with the fallout of Britain leaving the European without a deal, the country's top general has declared.

Ex-soldiers will be guaranteed a home, mental health support and education and employment opportunities under a Labour government, Jeremy Corbyn has pledged.

Matt Hancock has revealed he is considering plans for a new tax on the over-40s to solve Britain's social care funding crisis.

Theresa May is under mounting pressure to change course on Brexit as Conservative Eurosceptics and the DUP issued a joint threat to vote down any deal she strikes with Brussels.

Labour will work with MPs from across the Commons to bring down the option of Britain crashing out of the European Union without a deal, Keir Starmer has said.

Jo Johnson has accused his brother Boris of selling the public a "false prospectus" on Brexit after dramatically resigning as a minister.

Britain’s most senior police officer has demanded the Home Office shows “greater leadership” in tackling crime. 

Theresa May has hit a fresh hurdle in the Brexit negotiations as individual EU states demanded the chance to scrutinise any deal reached with Britain.

Jeremy Corbyn has risked a fresh Labour row by declaring: "We can't stop Brexit."

Anti-nuclear campaigners have taken aim at Shadow Defence Secretary Nia Griffith after she declared that Labour’s backing for Trident was “settled policy”.

Theresa May has been rocked by another frontbench resignation over Brexit as minister Jo Johnson tore into her plans for leaving the EU and called for a second referendum.

Transport minister Jo Johnson has resigned over the government's approach to Brexit.

A council candidate accused of making anti-Semitic comments had his offer to resign rejected by the local Labour party.

Labour’s shadow housing minister has slammed a new government fund to help councils tackle rogue landlords, saying the cash amounts to just 50p per property.

Leo Varadkar has warned Theresa May that a Brexit deal could still be a fortnight away.

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John McDonnell has approached a prominent economist and former Tory peer about launching a review into the feasibility of a four-day working week, according to reports.

Britain is calling on its EU allies to approve tough new sanctions on senior figures in Russia’s international spy network.

Barely one-in-ten voters want another EU referendum to be held if MPs reject Theresa May's Brexit deal, a new poll has revealed.

Arlene Foster has hit out at Theresa May after the Prime Minister appeared to concede that any Brexit deal with the EU will include the option of putting a border down the Irish Sea.