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An influential group of MPs look set to defy financial regulators by forcing them to publish a controversial report on RBS’ business practices.
MPs will look at whether non-disclosure agreements are being used by employers to cover up harassment, as part of a wider inquiry into workplace culture.
Former foreign secretary William Hague has warned that the Oxfam abuse scandal must not be used to attack the Government's commitment to international aid.
Social media firms could be forced by law to adopt new technology that automatically detects extremist content online, Amber Rudd has said.
Ministers must "urgently" bring in a cap on energy bills to fix the "broken" utilities market, an influential group of MPs has said.
Jeremy Hunt has called on tech giants like Facebook and Twitter to do more to tackle the scourge of mental illness among young people.
Theresa May has urged Sinn Fein and the DUP to make "one final push" to reach a power-sharing agreement at the Stormont Assembly.
The former Deputy Prime Minister has criticised Theresa May’s handling of Brexit, accusing her of running a “clueless” government full of “muppets”.
A minister charged with promoting the Government's new shared parental leave policy has admitted he is not actually entitled to take time off to look after his own baby.
A group of MPs have launched an inquiry into the failure of the East Coast Mainline franchise, which they say raises “serious questions” about the process of bidding for government contracts.
The Leader of the House of Commons, Andrea Leadsom, has received a death threat apparently sent by a disgruntled pro-European.
Here is a summary of this morning's briefing for lobby journalists by the Prime Minister's official spokesman.
Diesel-only trains are set to be taken out of service by 2040 in a bid to reduce air pollution, the Rail Minister will say today.
Billionaire philanthropist George Soros has hit back at what he calls a press "smear campaign" by pledging to donate up to £100,000 to an anti-Brexit campaign group.
Ministers will investigate claims made by Priti Patel that government officials ignored warnings over sex abuse by charity staff.
Theresa May will visit Northern Ireland today as the parties in the Stormont Assembly try to break a year of political deadlock and form a power-sharing executive.
Millions more families will be plunged into “debt distress” as the Bank of England prepares to hike interest rates, a leading thinktank has warned.
Work on a new system to register EU migrants who come to the UK after March 2019 has "barely begun", according to worried Home Office officials.
Jeremy Corbyn will travel to Scotland this week for a series of campaign stops with Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard.
There should be another general election rather than a second EU referendum if Parliament rejects the final Brexit deal, John McDonnell has said.
Energy companies could get access to data on welfare claimants in order to offer the poorest households a special cheaper tariff.
A hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic would be a “clear and present danger to the peace process,” the Irish government's EU spokesman has warned.
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has engaged in an angry clash with former spin doctor Alastair Campbell, accusing him of a "macho" approach to politics.
Priti Patel has said allegations against Oxfam staff are only the "tip of the iceberg" of a global aid scandal that she raised with officials when she was Development Secretary.
Labour’s Andrew Gwynne has suggested his party could scrap council tax and replace it with a “radical” new system for funding local government.
Henry Bolton has claimed that racist messages from his mistress Jo Marney were "doctored" to make her look worse.
Britain risks losing £5bn of defence contracts if a planned EU ban on palm oil goes ahead, it has emerged.
The UK’s leading food producers have demanded ministers secure a free trade deal with the EU and allow European migrants to work on British farms after Brexit.
Boris Johnson has spoken out about the "horrendous living conditions" suffered by Rohingya refugees as he prepares for talks with Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
A Conservative-run council in one of London's wealthiest areas is asking rich residents to pay a voluntary contribution on top of their council tax to help fund extra services.
Theresa May will reportedly offer to keep close security links with the EU in order to advance a Brexit deal.
Michel Barnier's "aggressive" approach to negotiating the Brexit transition has reportedly caused concern among EU diplomats.
Aid charities will have their funding from the Government withdrawn if they fail to comply with safeguarding issues, the International Development Secretary has warned.
Kezia Dugdale has reportedly told colleagues she quit as Labour leader out of frustration with Jeremy Corbyn's stance on Brexit.
The Prime Minister has come under fire from the arch-Brexiteer side of her own party for her latest plan to comprise on the terms of leaving the EU.
The Prime Minister spent £985.50 from the public purse on the safe delivery of the official letter to trigger Britain’s exit from the European Union.