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Ministers are reportedly preparing to make the cost of manufacturing using unrecyclable plastics so “exorbitantly high” that it will end use of the materials altogether.
A UN environment expert has warned that Britain’s green agenda could suffer as a result of Brexit.
John McDonnell has said a Labour government would stop the big six firms in accountancy and auditing from “acting like a cartel” following the Carillion scandal.
A new peer appointed by Jeremy Corbyn has been accused of “bare-faced hypocrisy” after it emerged she called for the House of Lords to be scrapped.
Conservative MPs are bracing themselves for another snap general election amid fears the problems of Brexit will topple Theresa May, it has been reported.
British people will get five more years of healthy life by 2030 thanks to artificial intelligence in the NHS, Theresa May is set to say.
Social media giants like Facebook and Twitter could be forced to stump up more cash to help boost internet safety, under new plans proposed by ministers.
Janet Daby has clinched the Labour nomination for the Lewisham East by-election in a blow for Jeremy Corbyn.
The race to secure the Labour candidacy for the Lewisham East by-election was today thrown into chaos as the favourite for the plum nomination rejected demands by party bosses to stand down.
The leader of the Scottish Conservatives has said that the Tories have ‘lost the trust of the crash generation.’
Boris Johnson is to lay a wreath commemorating the dead of the Falklands War in the first visit by a UK Foreign Secretary to Argentina in 25 years.
A tax on burning waste is being considered by the government as a way to increase plastic recycling.
Labour MP David Lammy has said that he is ‘appalled’ by the arrest of one of his constituents for a minor crime committed twenty years ago.
International trade minister Greg Hands has promised to protect the NHS from US attempts to force the service to pay more for prescription drugs.
Jeremy Corbyn will today say that a “perfect storm” of economic pressures on British workers is behind a drastic rise in people suffering from mental health problems.
Former Cabinet minister and party chair Sir Eric Pickles is among nine Conservatives to have been appointed to the House of Lords.
A Labour MP has said Andrea Leadsom should resign from the Government and accused Tory whips of 'spin', following reports John Bercow called her a ‘stupid woman’.
A former Labour general secretary seen as a hate figure by many on the left wing of the party has been given a peerage by Jeremy Corbyn.
MPs have accused the Government of a “business as usual” approach to criminality by Kremlin-linked oligarchs in the UK despite promises of a major crackdown following the Salisbury attack.
John Bercow's alleged comments about Commons leader Andrea Leadsom being "f****** useless" are "unacceptable", according to Theresa May.
A leading member of the Shadow Cabinet plagiarised Barack Obama in her acceptance speech after being re-elected last year, PoliticsHome can reveal.
Britain is to send hundreds more troops to Afghanistan after Gavin Williamson told Theresa May they are needed to tackle the growing threat posed by Isis.
Theresa May is set to appoint a raft of new peers in an attempt to stave off further Brexit defeats in the House of Lords.
John Bercow has been accused of calling Andrea Leadson a "stupid woman" following an angry Commons bust-up.
Theresa May is to publish fresh proposals for avoiding a hard border in Ireland in a last-ditch attempt to break the Brexit deadlock.
Parts of the Metropolitan Police are still "institutionally racist" and young black people continue to be victimised by officers, the mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence has said.
Chuka Umunna has criticised a close aide to Jeremy Corbyn after he ruled out any prospect of Labour backing membership of the European Economic Area.
The Government has announced a new consultation into banning the type of combustible cladding that was used on the Grenfell tower block.
Theresa May has been accused of "kicking the can down the road" after it emerged her flagship Brexit bill may not even be passed in time for the summer.
Tom Watson has renewed his war of words with Len McCluskey as he hit out at the union boss for urging Labour activists to oust MPs critical of Jeremy Corbyn.
Ministers have agreed to tell the EU that Britain is willing to stay in the customs union after 2021 - teeing up a fresh clash with Conservative eurosceptics.
Jeremy Corbyn is facing renewed pressure to shift his opposition to a Norway-style soft Brexit, amid reports that at least 70 MPs may be ready to defy him over the issue.
Labour has piled pressure on the Government after it emerged a review set up in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy is set to avoid proposing a ban on flammable cladding.
Tory ex-Cabinet minister Justine Greening last night took a damning swipe at her own party - saying it had not “connected” with British aspirations for more than 30 years.
The maximum stake on fixed odds betting machines will be slashed from £100 to £2 in a major blow for the gambling industry.
Calls for a House of Commons investigation into allegations of bullying against John Bercow have been blocked by MPs.