Theresa May has been plunged into a fresh crisis after a top minister resigned to vote against the Government on a third runway at Heathrow.

More than £2 million of taxpayers’ money has been spent on gagging orders for former House of Commons staff over the past five years, it has emerged.

Diane Abbott has written to Sajid Javid urging him to lay bare the full scale of deportations and detentions connected to the Windrush crisis.

Theresa May reportedly sparked “shockwaves” at a Ministry of Defence meeting by calling on Gavin Williamson to justify Britain's role as a “tier one” military power.

The Home Secretary has called on European Union countries to provide much more detail on the fate of British expats living abroad after Brexit.

Philip Hammond will warn that taxpayers face picking up the bill for the Government’s planned NHS funding boost rather than an increase in borrowing.

An ill Labour MP has reacted angrily after being forced by Government whips to attend the House of Commons for a crunch Brexit vote.

Ministers are under pressure to explain why their flagship 300,000-a-year new homes target has been left out of a key Government plan.

Theresa May has survived the latest showdown with her own backbenchers after Tory rebels accepted a last-minute compromise on the Government's flagship Brexit bill.

Labour has called on parliament’s authorities to formally probe a “racially offensive” tweet sent by Lord Sugar.

Conservative whips have been branded "shameful" after it emerged ill Labour MPs will have to be in the House of Commons to take part in a crunch Brexit vote.

Jeremy Hunt has apologised for the “truly shocking” deaths of hundreds of patients at a hospital in Hampshire.

A Conservative minister has been forced to admit a major funding boost for the NHS will at least initially come only from taxes and borrowing rather than a so-called Brexit dividend.

Theresa May today branded Donald Trump’s child detention centres “deeply disturbing” and “wrong” but said his visit to the UK next month will go ahead as planned.   

A Tory backbencher has taken a swipe at his colleague who controversially blocked plans to make ‘upskirting’ a criminal offence.

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The UK could still be negotiating its future trade deal with the EU right up until the moment the Brexit transition period ends, top Brussels bigwig Guy Verhofstadt said today.

Labour has taken its biggest lead over the Conservatives in three months, according to a new poll.

A Conservative MP has been reported to the information watchdog after constituents accused him of "naming and shaming" them on Facebook.

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.