The expansion of the Government's flagship Universal Credit welfare reform has been put at risk after a dozen Tory MPs called for it to be put on hold.

Boris Johnson is now the top choice among Conservative party members to replace Theresa May as Prime Minister, according to a new poll.

Theresa May’s decision to make her key Brexit speech in Florence was mocked last night by Guy Verhofstadt. 

Theresa May has insisted she will lead the Conservatives into the next general election.

A rising Tory star has admitted for the first time that he wants to be Prime Minister.

The Brexit vote cost George Osborne’s family business hundreds of thousands of pounds last year, PoliticsHome can reveal.

A powerful trade union has labelled Clive Lewis "anti-working class" after he launched an extraordinary attack on their defence of the nuclear industry.

A former chair of the BBC Trust who quit after Theresa May said she would have to re-apply for the job has been appointed a minister.

Neo-Nazi supporters have been banned from involvement with two groups serving as aliases of the proscribed National Action campaign.

The Government's new education minister once declared that he "does not believe in grammar schools". 

Michel Barnier has warned that it could be "months" before he is able to say that "sufficient progress" has been made in the Brexit talks.

The Conservatives should use their £1.5bn deal with the DUP to secure a "timetable” to improve equality in Northern Ireland, a senior minister has said.

The Conservatives were not properly prepared for the snap general election, Theresa May has declared.

Theresa May is preparing to lead the Conservative party into the next general election, Damian Green has said.

The NHS risks a repeat of the Mid-Staffordshire hospital scandal due to a "moral vacuum" in the nursing profession, a damning new report has warned.

A senior Foreign Office minister has pleaded in person with Aung San Suu Kyi to end the violence against the Rohingya people on a visit to Myanmar.

Boris Johnson has urged Theresa May to make sure the post-Brexit transition period with the EU is not "too long" – less than a week after the Prime Minister laid out her proposed timetable.

The transatlantic row over an aeroplane parts plant in Northern Ireland “could jeopardise” future trade with the US, the Defence Secretary has said.

Theresa May will today claim that free market capitalism is "the greatest agent of collective human progress ever created".

Ed Miliband today lashed out at hyper-partisan site the Canary and demanded it delete an article attacking BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg.

Barely an hour after Jeremy Corbyn finally reached the end of his keynote speech, William Hill stuck out a press release revealing he is now 5/1 to be Prime Minister by the end of next year's conference season.

A major housing charity today warned Jeremy Corbyn that his plan to slap rent controls on landlords could "end up harming" those he intends to help.

Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to end “social cleansing” as he announced plans to introduce rent controls and new restrictions on housing redevelopment schemes.

Jeremy Corbyn claimed that Labour now occupies the “centre ground” of British politics as he called on his party to unite and prove it is ready for power.

Jeremy Corbyn has blasted “the Tories and their loyal media” for fuelling online abuse during the general election, in a speech at Labour’s annual conference today. 

A Labour MP has doubled down on her controversial claim that Prince Harry cannots drive a helicopter and "just sits there going 'vroom vroom'".

Downing Street has said it is "bitterly disappointed" at a decision from the Trump administration to slap tariffs on aeroplane parts built in Northern Ireland.

Jeremy Corbyn has been criticised for snubbing a Labour Friends of Israel conference reception for the first time since he became party leader.

Boris Johnson is to host the launch of a right wing think tank pushing for hard Brexit, just days after the Prime Minister's key Florence speech.

A key part of Theresa May’s Brexit speech in Florence last week was agreed with the EU commission beforehand, it has been reported. 

A Labour MP has been condemned after she launched an extraordinary rant about the Royal Family.

Jeremy Corbyn will unveil plans to end Britain's long hours culture and boost the amount of time people get off work.

Schools could be forced to employ more black and ethnic minority teachers if Labour wins the next election, Angela Rayner has revealed.

A crisis management expert who will 'war game' the prospect of a run on the Pound if Labour wins the next election is in talks about taking a job in Jeremy Corbyn's office, PoliticsHome understands. 

Making offensive comments about Jewish people does not make someone "inherently anti-Semitic", Ken Livingstone has claimed.