A furious row has erupted after senior Labour MPs backed Zac Goldsmith's campaign for a top Commons post despite criticism of his attacks on Sadiq Khan during his attempt to become mayor of London.

Follow all the action as Damian Green and Emily Thornberry stand in for their party leaders at this week's Prime Minister's Questions. 

Workers have taken another hit as new figures today revealed that earnings failed to keep pace with inflation in the second quarter of the year.

The new leader of Kensington and Chelsea council today admitted she has never set foot inside one of the borough’s high rise residential blocks.

A Government-backed mission to disrupt people smuggling in the Mediterranean has ended up leaving more migrants dead, a committee of peers has found.

Safety measures around taxi licencing set up in the wake of the Rotherham abuse scandal are being circumvented by rogue drivers, a cross-party group of MPs has said.

Labour have accused the Conservatives of sanctioning "vitriolic personal attacks" against them during the general election - as a Tory MP accuses Momentum of targeting his party's candidates.

The Government is holding back publication of a report on racial inequality because its findings are deemed so "explosive", according to reports. 

The president of Anne Marie Morris’ local Conservatives has said the party does not want to lose the MP’s “significant capabilities” despite her being recording using a racist phrase.

Theresa May has announced a public inquiry will take place into the "appalling injustice" of the NHS contaminated blood scandal. 

The Government has "no plan" in place for leaving the European Union without striking a Brexit deal, Boris Johnson has revealed.

People voted Labour at the election to “shake up the system” rather than because they wanted Jeremy Corbyn to be Prime Minister, Conservative strategist Sir Lynton Crosby has said.

The Shadow Business Secretary has said she does not feel that using Uber is “morally acceptable” because of the way it treats its drivers. 

Grammar schools should lose funding if they fail to boost the number of pupils from low-income families, the former Shadow Education Secretary has warned.

Donald Trump's state visit to the UK has been postponed until next year, it has been confirmed.

Trade union leaders have hit out at today’s review into employment practices for failing to shift the “balance of power” away from big companies and towards workers. 

John McDonnell has urged Conservative MPs to back Labour’s plans to lift the pay cap on public sector workers, after Theresa May invited opposition parties to put forward policy ideas. 

Theresa May has suspended a veteran Conservative MP who was recorded using a racist slur to describe a no-deal Brexit scenario.

Australia's Prime Minister has said his government wants to strike a trade deal with the UK "as quickly as possible" after Brexit - but not until after they have reached a similar agreement with the EU.

The Conservatives have been urged to dump a veteran backbencher who was recorded using a racist slur to describe a no-deal Brexit scenario.

Theresa May has called on Jeremy Corbyn to condemn the online abuse of MPs and election candidates by trolls on social media.

Teachers will receive another below-inflation pay rise this year after the Government insisted on maintaining its 1% cap on public sector salaries.

The boss of the Vote Leave campaign has hit out at government “morons” who argue the UK must quit an EU nuclear energy body after Brexit.

Controversial British weapons sales to Saudi Arabia are legal, the High Court ruled today after seeing secret evidence.

It’s fair to say Theresa May’s speech announcing the snap general election has not aged well.

MPs opposed to a hard Brexit have formed an all-party parliamentary group in a fresh bid to coordinate opposition to the Government’s strategy for leaving the European Union.

Theresa May has pleaded with Labour to work constructively with the Government on plans for Brexit and beyond, as she seeks to draw a line under the post-election turmoil. 

Theresa May’s proposals for European citizens’ rights after Brexit “would cast a dark cloud of vagueness and uncertainty” if implemented, the European Parliament’s chief negotiator has said.

Companies in the so-called “gig economy” would have to prove that workers can earn above the minimum wage, under proposals to be set out in a major government review. 

Senior figures in Labour have lined up to insist MPs who have been hostile to Jeremy Corbyn should not be booted out of parliament by his supporters.

The head of the UK’s biggest business group has warned that rushing into a trade deal with the US after Brexit could be counterproductive.

Speculation among Tory MPs about Theresa May’s future is a result of “too much sun and too much warm prosecco”, a senior Cabinet minister has said. 

Jeremy Corbyn was wrong to say fewer disadvantaged young people are applying for university since the introduction of fees, his Shadow Education Secretary admitted today.

Brexit may never happen, according to would-be Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable.

A senior Conservative MP has claimed he was subject to a vicious smear campaign after he blocked two former top advisors to Theresa May from becoming Tory candidates.

Theresa May’s position as Prime Minister is under fresh scrutiny after reports that allies of David Davis are planning to call on her to resign.