Boris Johnson was prevented from publishing the full details of his memo to Sir Jeremy Heywood on customs arrangements with Ireland, after it was leaked to the press on Tuesday.

Leo Varadkar gave a lukewarm reception to the Prime Minister’s Brexit speech and criticised her for not providing more detail in the brewing crisis over the Northern Ireland border.

Tory backbencher Bob Stewart has suggested that teachers in American high schools may have to be armed in the wake of the latest school shooting in Florida.

The EU’s chief negotiator has welcomed Theresa May’s big Brexit speech today, saying she has recognised the “trade-offs” she must make to secure a deal with Brussels.

Theresa May has called on the European Union to "get on with" negotiating a Brexit deal - as she admitted that failing to reach an agreement would be bad for the UK.

Read the full text of Theresa May's speech on the future UK-EU trade deal here.

Downing Street has hit back at the White House after Donald Trump said he planned to slap huge tariffs on imported steel.

John McDonnell has defended his decision to hang a plaque commemorating Irish republican "martyrs" in his constituency office.

A senior Sinn Féin MP has said the party will not take up its Westminster seats despite calls for them to take part in crucial Commons votes on Brexit.

Nicola Sturgeon has said she is “shocked and saddened” after a survey found one-fifth of Scottish parliament staff had experienced sexual harassment or sexist behaviour.

More than 300 complaints about alleged double voting in last year’s general election resulted in only one conviction, it has emerged.

The growing number of hospital emergency admissions poses a “serious challenge” to the financial position of the NHS, according to the public spending watchdog.

MPs are in line to receive an extra £1300 a year from next month when their salaries rise by 1.8%.

The deficit reduction target set by George Osborne has finally been achieved two years than planned, official figures have found.

Theresa May will vow to strike the most ambitious trade deal with the EU that the world has ever seen after Brexit.

Michael Gove has attacked the water industry over tax avoidance in a damning speech to industry executives.

A senior Conservative MP has called for a "debate" on whether it is time to lower the 24-week time limit for abortions.

Theresa May has warned Donald Tusk that EU proposals which would effectively keep Northern Ireland in the customs union after Brexit are "unacceptable".

Labour would crack down on Bitcoin because it is “a gigantic Ponzi scheme”, Diane Abbott has revealed.

Cabinet ministers have called on Theresa May to make changes to a major Brexit speech just 24 hours before she makes it.

A prominent Conservative donor has pledged to financially back the Liberal Democrats’ campaign for a second referendum on Brexit.

Jon Lansman has confirmed he is running to be Labour's general secretary - despite coming under huge pressure from Jeremy Corbyn not to stand.

Ken Livingstone has been suspended indefinitely from the Labour party and will face a full probe into his alleged anti-Semitism, it has emerged.

Theresa May has come under fresh pressure over Northern Ireland after a clip surfaced of her saying there would "have to be" a hard border if Britain left the EU.

The European Parliament has rejected the offer by Theresa May to grant permanent residency to EU migrants who arrive in the UK after Brexit - despite it amounting to a major climbdown.

Jacob Rees-Mogg has issued a "mea culpa" after falsely claiming that Jeremy Corbyn voted against the Good Friday Agreement.

Culture Secretary Matt Hancock has confirmed that the Government will not re-open the Leveson inquiry into press standards.

Violence will be sparked in Northern Ireland if the Good Friday Agreement is breached in the pursuit of a hard Brexit, a former top aide to Tony Blair has warned anti-EU campaigners.

Ruth Davidson has condemned Boris Johnson’s ‘casual disregard’ over the fractious Irish border issue after he equated it to boundaries between London boroughs.

Tony Blair will today call on the European Union to change its rules around freedom of movement as part of a bid to halt Brexit.

An influential group of MPs have warned that the Government's negotiations on the future of the car industry are "an exercise in damage limitation".

Theresa May landed gags about David 'Mad Max' Davis, David Cameron's "wheely shed" and the Matt Hancock app as she addressed the Westminster Correspondents Dinner last night. Here are some of the best.

New rules that will allow councils to keep more revenue from business rates could cause a widening funding gap between different areas, a leading thinktank has claimed.  

David Davis has reportedly assured Conservative MPs the UK will not pay the multi-billion pound Brexit divorce bill unless Brussels backs down in the row over Northern Ireland.

Top Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg has accused Sir John Major of “propaganda” and “hypocrisy” after the former Prime Minister's key Brexit speech earlier today. 

The Government has announced a major U-turn on citizens' rights to give EU nationals who arrive during the Brexit transition period the right to remain indefinitely in the UK.