Families in debt could be clobbered by fresh costs, Labour has warned, as the Bank of England hiked interest rates to their highest level since the financial crash.

Labour MPs believe "disciplinary procedures" should take place against a close ally of Jeremy Corbyn following his comments about Jewish people, shadow equalities minister Naz Shah has said.

A former House of Commons clerk has accused Labour MP Keith Vaz of bullying her.

A cross-party coalition of politicians has urged Philip Hammond to plough billions of pounds of extra funding into transport in the North of England.

Michael Gove privately discussed plans to keep Britain in the European Union's single market if Theresa May fails to strike a Brexit deal, it has been reported.

Momentum has dropped its support for a close ally of Jeremy Corbyn after he made a series of "deeply insensitive" remarks about Jews.

Businesses should be made to explain the reasons behind any gender pay gap in their workforce and lay out how they plan to close it, MPs have said.

Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell called for Holocaust Memorial Day to be renamed, PoliticsHome can reveal.

Peter Willsman should "consider his position" on Labour’s ruling national executive committee over his comments about Jewish people, a member of the Shadow Cabinet has declared.

Councils across the UK fear leaving the European Union without a deal could lead to civil unrest and shortages of food and medicine, it has emerged.

Labour will consider putting plans for a universal basic income in its next election manifesto, John McDonnell has revealed.

Theresa May will cut short her holiday in Lake Garda to try and sell her Brexit plan to Emmanuel Macron in France later this week.

Theresa May will reportedly insist on the creation of separate queues for British citizens at UK airports after Brexit despite the Home Office having warned against them.

Boris Johnson is Tory members' favourite to be the party's next leader for the first time in two years, according to a new poll.

Jeremy Corbyn has apologised for hosting an event in Parliament at which the Israeli government was compared to the Nazis.

A key youth scheme launched by David Cameron is attracting just twelve percent of the teens eligible to take part - despite receiving hundreds of millions in government funding.

Universal Credit payments should be split between family members to prevent domestic abuse victims being put at even greater risk, MPs have said.

An ally of Jeremy Corbyn has been forced to apologise after being recorded claiming some members of the Jewish community complaining about anti-Semitism in the Labour party were "Trump fanatics".

Labour has launched an investigation into another councillor after he shared a Facebook post comparing the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Adolf Hitler.

Jeremy Hunt has called on France and Germany to urge Brussels to relax its tough Brexit stance amid the growing risk of a no deal outcome.

Four lanes of the M20 could be used as a 13-mile long lorry park for up to four years after Brexit, documents drawn up by two Tory councils have revealed.

A senior Cabinet minister has warned that a ‘no deal’ Brexit could trigger a new recession.

Jeremy Corbyn is under increasing pressure to back a second EU referendum, as Labour activists prepare to force the issue at the party’s annual conference.

MPs have accused the Government of “shocking” indecision over what the UK's immigration system should look like after Brexit.

Tom Watson has launched an outspoken attack on a close ally of Jeremy Corbyn after he claimed some members of the Jewish community complaining about anti-Semitism in the Labour party were "Trump fanatics".

The Westminster and devolved governments should agree updated rules on where powers are held to avoid repeating the row which broke out over the Brexit bill, MPs have said.

Education Secretary Damian Hinds will today vow to clamp down on the "persistent scandal" of children starting school without basic reading and writing skills.

Aid charities have failed to tackle "endemic" sexual abuse in the sector, MPs have warned.

MPs from across the political spectrum have teamed up to accuse ministers of breaking a key promise made to social housing tenants in the wake of the Grenfell tower fire.

Read the full letter from a cross-party of group of MPs to Housing Secretary James Brokenshire urging action on the delayed Social Housing Green Paper.

Labour has suspended a councillor who suggested that the Israeli secret service was plotting to stop Jeremy Corbyn becoming Prime Minister.

A former minister has accused Downing Street of withholding details of its plans on how to handle a no deal Brexit.

Labour has urged the Charity Commission to launch an investigation into the Institute for Economic Affairs, after its chief was filmed talking about the think tank's access to government ministers.

Downing Street has denied claims that the army will be drafted in to help dole out emergency supplies in the event that Britain crashes out of the European Union without a deal.

Conservative party members are increasingly sceptical that the next general election will result in a Tory-led government, a new survey has found.

Plans to given settled EU citizens a unique number after Brexit should be rolled out to UK nationals in the form of an identity card system, a report has recommended.