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Philip Hammond will reportedly unveil plans to hit the wealthiest the hardest in order to fund Theresa May’s promised £20bn boost over four years for the NHS.
The head of GCHQ has ramped up calls for UK-EU security ties to be defended after Brexit as he revealed British intelligence thwarted four terror plots on the continent last year.
Matt Hancock has said more schools should consider banning students from using mobile phones during the day.
Labour has come out in opposition to a third runway at Heathrow airport - but will not order its MPs to block the plans.
Theresa May is relying on Labour Brexiteers to help her defeat Tory rebels in a tense Commons showdown on the EU Withdrawal Bill.
The Bank of England should stay independent but be given an explicit target to turn around Britain's flagging productivity, a review launched by Labour's John McDonnell has concluded.
The Commons is set to back a third runway at Heathrow after Labour decided to give MPs a free vote on the issue.
EU leaders are set to warn that "no substantial progress" has been made on solving the row over the Irish border amid fears the UK is heading for a no deal Brexit.
MPs have backed Chris Grayling after Labour forced a vote of confidence in the Transport Secretary over his handling of the recent railways fiasco.
Theresa May’s former deputy has joined criticism of the Government’s claim that a major increase in NHS spending will be funded through a “Brexit dividend”.
Sajid Javid has today announced a review which could see cannabis legalised for medicinal use.
Downing Street has defended the UK’s "humane" approach to immigration in a swipe at America's new child detention centres.
Theresa May is braced for a fresh Brexit rebellion as Downing Street said it "cannot accept" a compromise tacked onto its flagship EU exit bill by the House of Lords.
Theresa May has hit back at Lord Hague after the former Tory leader called for cannabis use to be decriminalised.
Post-Brexit Britain will be shut out of key European Union crime-fighting measures unless there is "more realism" from the UK Government, the EU's chief Brexit negotiator has said.
Dominic Grieve has dismissed as "complete nonsense" claims that the Government could collapse if it loses a key vote on Brexit tomorrow.
Labour is to force a vote of no confidence in Chris Grayling over his handling of the railways fiasco.
Philip Hammond has told ministers that the Treasury's multi-billion pound boost for the NHS will leave them with no extra money to spend on their own policy areas.
The war on cannabis has been "comprehensively and irreversibly lost", former Conservative leader Lord Hague has told Theresa May, amid a growing Cabinet row over the drug.
Theresa May has said that “vile extremism” will not break the UK ahead of a remembrance service to mark the Finsbury Park terror attack.
Thousands of public buildings are being sold off each year by cash-strapped councils, according to a community charity.
Peers have inflicted yet another defeat on the Government's flagship Brexit bill - and paved the way for a high-stakes Commons showdown between Theresa May and Tory rebels.
The Government will pull together an expert panel of clinicians to advise ministers on whether medicinal cannabis can be prescribed, it was announced today.
Theresa May has been reported to the Advertising Standards Agency over claims that a huge cash boost for the NHS will be partly funded by a "Brexit dividend".
A Tory backbencher who blocked legislation to ban upskirting has had the entrance to his office littered with women’s underwear.
Theresa May has doubled down on claims a major cash boost for the NHS will partly come from a so-called “Brexit dividend”.
Tory rebels have tabled a fresh compromise amendment to the Government's flagship Brexit bill as Theresa May heads for yet another House of Lords defeat.
A Labour government would legalise the prescription of cannabis oil for medical purposes and mount a review into public health related drugs policy, Diane Abbott has confirmed.
A Labour frontbencher has ditched his support for another EU referendum - just 48 hours after saying he supported one.
Tony Blair has dismissed Theresa May’s claim that the New Labour government failed to spend nearly half of its record health funding on the frontline.
The Government has set aside £500,000 to mark an annual ‘Windrush Day’.
The row over what happens to powers returning to the UK from Brussels after Brexit will "haunt the Tories like the Poll Tax", Ian Blackford has claimed.
The House of Lords is increasingly looking like a ‘private members' club’ according to a political pressure group.
UK armed forces need an additional £20bn in funding if they are to stand up to Russia, MPs have warned.
Theresa May’s pledge to dramatically increase funding for the NHS faces an £11bn black hole, after ministers failed to agree on how it would be paid for.
Nearly a dozen Conservative MPs are set to heap pressure on Theresa May over housing and urge her to adopt a set of radical ideas to “overhaul the broken market”.