British school children are showing increasing signs of poverty and hunger, head teachers have warned.

Newly appointed Labour NEC member Eddie Izzard has urged the party to eradicate "the stain of anti-Semitism" as a row over its handling of the issue rumbles on.

Jeremy Corbyn has deleted the Facebook account he created before becoming Labour leader.

Some schools could become military academies under new plans to be considered by ministers.

The Labour party has denied any involvement in pro-Jeremy Corbyn Facebook groups that include racist, anti-Semitic and violent comments.

Child burial fees will no longer be imposed on grieving parents, Theresa May has announced.

Theresa May has paid tribute to victims of UK terror attacks and the Grenfell Tower fire in her Easter message this year.

Councils in England will from today be able to almost double the maximum on-the-spot fine for littering.

Labour official Christine Shawcroft is set to be replaced by comedian Eddie Izzard after dramatically quitting the party’s ruling National Executive Committee last night.

The Prime Minister has bought an oil painting of her signing the Article 50 letter that began the process of Britain leaving the European Union.

Ministers have dropped attempts to drop restricted recruitment practices in the civil service, according to the Times.

Labour is well ahead of the Conservative party when it comes to selecting candidates for the next general election.

British teenagers should take up Saturday jobs to learn about the world of work, according to the Work and Pensions Secretary.

The majority of Labour members believe accusations of antisemitism in the party are being exaggerated to damage Jeremy Corbyn.

The UK’s top police officer has said social media is a factor in the growing rate of UK knife crime.

Christine Shawcroft has said a row over her defence of a Labour election candidate who shared an article saying the Holocaust was a “hoax” on Facebook is being used to attack Jeremy Corbyn.

Jeremy Corbyn has said this year’s Passover should mark the beginning of “stronger and closer relations” between Labour and Britain’s Jewish community.

Labour is "letting down" the people of Britain by failing to properly tackle its anti-Semitism problem, a party grandee has declared.

Ministers have unveiled a new £30m package aimed at tackling the growing numbers of rough sleepers.

A Labour peer has said the ongoing anti-Semitism row has left him "deeply ashamed" of his party.

Academy schools are being deprived of frontline resources because so many of their headteachers and executives are being paid fat-cat salaries, MPs have said.

Ministers have been accused of spending millions of pounds of taxpayers' money on public consultations which fail to lead to any new policies.

More than 40 Labour MPs and peers have written to Jeremy Corbyn urging him to suspend Christine Shawcroft from Labour over her defence of a candidate who posted an article claiming the Holocaust was a hoax.

Theresa May has refused to say whether she believes leaving the European Union will be worth it in the end.

Ministers have announced an embarrassing U-turn on plans to cut housing benefit for young people.

John McDonnell has branded the £50m tax bill for web giant Google an “insult”.

Christine Shawcroft will not be removed from Labour's ruling National Executive Committee over her defence of a candidate who posted an article claiming the Holocaust was a hoax.

The Home Office has failed to keep track of hundreds of thousands of people who should have left the country in the past two years, a watchdog has revealed.

Emily Thornberry has been criticised by Labour MPs after she appeared to suggest that the party would still vote for the Government's Brexit deal even if it was “blah, blah, blah” and did not contain much detail.

A key ally of Jeremy Corbyn has been forced to quit as head of Labour's disputes panel after it emerged she wanted to overturn the suspension of a council candidate accused of denying the Holocaust.

David Davis has said Parliament will vote down the final Brexit deal reached with Brussels in the autumn if future trade terms are not broadly agreed with the EU.

Jeremy Corbyn has insisted that criticisms of his handling of anti-Semitism in the Labour party are not a "smear" after his supporters condemned those who raise the issue. 

Owen Smith found out he had been sacked from the Shadow Cabinet in a text from a journalist, it has been revealed.

The Prime Minister will travel across the four nations of the UK today in a whistle-stop trip to promote her post-Brexit vision.

John Woodcock is planning to resign the Labour whip in protest at the party's direction under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership, PoliticsHome has learned.

Two major Jewish groups have called on Jeremy Corbyn to condemn left-wing websites claiming Labour's anti-Semitism row is a "smear" to undermine his leadership.