A former Tory health secretary has called on Theresa May to lift the visa cap limiting the number of foreign workers that can be recruited to the NHS every year, or risk a staffing crisis.

Theresa May’s de facto deputy has warned that the Scottish and Welsh governments could scupper Britain’s post-Brexit trade deals by demanding separate powers from Brussels.

Three Cabinet ministers have reportedly warned Theresa May that the Government could fall this year if Tory rebels unite with Labour to block her plans for Brexit.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has warned the UK could be dominated by “xenophobia and self-pity” after Britain leaves the EU.

More than 80 Labour politicians have joined forces to urge Jeremy Corbyn to commit the party to keeping the UK in the single market. 

Ken Livingstone is not facing an imminent return to the Labour party, sources have revealed.

A vice-chair of the Conservative Party has been forced to apologise and make a "substantial" donation to charity over a tweet in which he accused Jeremy Corbyn of selling secrets to Communist spies.

Lib Dem leader Vince Cable has called on the government to support lecturers’ pensions and bring and end to their ongoing strike.

Attempts by pro-European Tory MPs – with Labour support – to keep the UK in the EU customs union will fail, according to No 10 sources.

James Brokenshire, the former Northern Ireland Secretary, this week returned to work in Westminster just five weeks after an operation to remove the upper lobe of his right lung.

Tory attacks on Jeremy Corbyn over his meeting with a Czech communist spy have had very little impact on the Labour leaders polling.

European Council president Donald Tusk has said that the UK’s approach to Brexit negotiations appears to be based on “pure illusion”.

Labour has been thrown into fresh chaos after Iain McNicol dramatically quit as general secretary after more than six years in the role.

Pressure was growing on Theresa May tonight as Conservative MPs lined up to back a bid to keep the UK in a customs union with the EU after Brexit.

A top EU official today sparked a Twitter spat with Michael Gove after he bragged that the EU was “one step ahead of you” when it comes to banning single use plastics.

A Labour MP has been criticised for questioning the viability of the Good Friday Agreement.

Tony Blair has blasted the “sickening” suggestion by outspoken eurosceptics that the Good Friday Agreement should be scrapped.

Jeremy Corbyn has thrown his weight behind a bid to create an opt-out system for organ donation.

Jeremy Hunt has insisted that the Government will not back a customs union with the EU despite the prospect of a humiliating Commons defeat.

Plastic straws could be banned in Britain in a bid to reduce environmental damage, Michael Gove has suggested.  

A former Tory minister has launched a fresh bid to defeat the Government over Brexit.

Theresa May is reportedly preparing to bow to Brussels and allow EU migrants who arrive in the UK during the Brexit transition period permanent residency.

Jeremy Hunt has said mistakes made by medical staff when prescribing drugs to patients must stop as they are causing up to 22,300 unnecessary deaths a year.

Pro-Brexit ministers have claimed victory after a key Cabinet committee agreed a compromise deal on the UK's future relationship with the EU in crunch talks.

Senior MPs are visiting universities to show Tory-supporting students that they will not be "scared away" by hard-left protestors, party chairman Brandon Lewis has revealed.

Britain should still be able to strike trade deals alongside the European Union even after Brexit, Emily Thornberry has said.

Boris Johnson has come under fire for allowing a hard Brexit think tank to hold its official launch in the Foreign Office for free.

The Prime Minister today hailed "inspirational" Labour peer Tessa Jowell as the Government announced a package of funding for brain cancer research.

A Tory rising star and aide to Chancellor Philip Hammond has suggested some bankers should have gone to jail in the wake of the financial crash.

The UK’s Brexit divorce bill could cost an extra £5bn if the proposed transition period runs beyond 2020, according to the head of an influential group of MPs.

Theresa May has rejected criticism of the Government's response to the Grenfell Tower tragedy by grime artist Stormzy.

An ex-Tory minister has launched a scathing attack on Theresa May’s premiership by saying discipline within the party has “completely broken down”.

Hilary Benn has warned David Davis that details are "urgently needed" on what Britain wants to achieve from Brexit.

Henry Bolton has quit Ukip just days after being dumped as leader of the party.

Net migration from the EU dropped by 75,000 in the year to September 2017 - falling below 100,000 for the first time in four years, official figures revealed today.

MPs have criticised Philip Hammond for failing to call for evidence as part of the Government’s pledge to crackdown on single use plastics.