John McDonnell has said Labour would shake up HM Revenue & Customs in the wake of a row over the tax authority’s handling of an investigation into a major Conservative party donor.

Senior Tory ministers were among the “harshest critics” of Theresa May’s immigration policies under the coalition government, a former chair of the Conservative party has claimed.

A former cabinet minister in the coalition government has said Theresa May threw out proposals for a trade deal with India because of the country’s “modest” visa demands.

Labour's Emily Thornberry has urged the Home Secretary to step down over the Windrush migration scandal.

The daughter of Labour MP John Mann has hit out at the party's response to anti-Semitism, saying that "nobody" from Labour high command contacted the family following a rape threat made against her.

Nearly half of UK voters believe a new centre-ground party is needed, while just under a quarter of the public are against the idea.

A top aide to Theresa May has reportedly said Number 10 “will not be crying into our beer” if the Prime Minister is forced to accept membership of a customs union - a move that would enrage Brexiteers in her own party.

Plans to try out voter ID checks in some council areas at next month’s local elections will unfairly impact on minority groups, the Government’s equality watchdog has said.

Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones has said that he will be stepping down from the role later this year.

Jeremy Hunt has pledged a crackdown on tech firms who are failing to protect children using social media sites with a raft of new laws.

Donald Trump will finally make his first visit to Britain since becoming US president this summer, it has emerged.

A deselected Conservative council in a key London election battleground has used his farewell speech to urge local people to back Labour. 

The UK risks a "disorderly" Brexit unless a deal can be thrashed out on the future of the Irish border, Michel Barnier has warned.

Householders who illegally dump rubbish face fines of £400 under new government rules. 

The Conservatives have opened up a five-point lead over Labour following the row over Theresa May's decision to authorise military action in Syria.

Pro-Brexit Tory MPs have reportedly warned Theresa May she faces a possible vote of no confidence if she concedes to rebel MPs over a customs union with the EU. 

Theresa May has announced that Britain’s Windrush children will be entitled to compensation over their unfair treatment by the Home Office.

Amber Rudd said officials would have greater “teeth” to boost deportations of illegal migrants just months before the Windrush saga began, it has been reported.

A Tory council candidate in Watford has been suspended over alleged links to far-right groups.

A top Labour MP is urging ministers to stamp special sexual assault protections for emergency workers into UK law in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal.

Ministers remain "confident" that they can reach a deal with the EU to avoid a hard Irish border, despite claims that Brussels has already rejected their proposals as "unworkable".

Prince Charles has been confirmed as the next head of the Commonwealth - despite calls from top Labour figures that he should have been overlooked.

Jeremy Corbyn has thanked Arsene Wenger after the Arsenal manager announced plans to quit following 22 years at the helm.

The heads of parliament’s most powerful committees have joined forces in a bid to coordinate the information that each have on the threats posed by Russia.

Boris Johnson has committed Britain to spending more than £200m on educating "the world's most marginalised girls", while urging global leaders to follow suit.

Theresa May has been dealt another blow after the European Union rejected out of hand the Government's proposals for avoiding a hard border in Ireland after Brexit.

Former Home Secretary Alan Johnson has said the destruction of Windrush landing cards was "an administrative decision" taken while he was Home Secretary in 2009.

Emily Thornberry has denied claims that Russia is preventing independent inspectors from investigating the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack on Syrian civilians.

The Good Friday Agreement is not "cast in stone" and could be amended in the future, according to the Tory chair of the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee.

Labour's new general secretary must make eradicating anti-Semitism from Labour her "number one priority", a leading member of the Shadow Cabinet has declared.

Ministers are braced for a new Brexit bust-up in the Commons, after senior MPs from across the House teamed up to pile pressure on the Government over the UK's membership of a customs union.

Ministers thought the tough immigration policies brought in by Theresa May were "almost reminiscent of Nazi Germany", the former head of the civil service has claimed.

Tax chiefs have been criticised after they refused to raid the offices of a firm suspected of laundering huge sums of money seemingly because they donated money to the Conservatives.

David Cameron has insisted he does not regret calling the referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union that cost him his job as Prime Minister.

A Conservative MP been slammed by the mother of a dead soldier after posting a smiling picture of himself on the throne of Iraq’s brutal former dictator Saddam Hussein.

More than 100 Windrush cases are now being looked into by the Home Office, it has emerged, as Labour accused Theresa May of trying to “shift the blame” over her handling of the controversy.