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Theresa May's authority has been dealt a fresh blow after Cabinet Brexiteers blocked her preferred plan for a new trading arrangement with the European Union.

Commons Speaker John Bercow's behaviour is "unworthy of someone in such public office", according to a former senior Westminster official.

Labour has accused Theresa May of a "cover-up" after she rejected their demands for all paperwork relating to the Windrush scandal to be revealed.

Ministers have been ordered to preserve the frictionless border between the Republic and Northern Ireland as the House of Lords inflicted a tenth defeat on the Government's flagship Brexit bill.

John Bercow's future as Commons Speaker is hanging in the balance after Downing Street suggested three different ways in which he could face an investigation into bullying allegations made against him.

Theresa May has hinted that the Government could back a completely new type of customs agreement with the EU amid bitter Cabinet in-fighting.

John Bercow has insisted that most members of staff who have left his employment have done so "on perfectly amicable terms" as he tried to contain a fresh bullying row.

Theresa May has signalled her support for a cross-party bid to see people who take secret "upskirt" pictures jailed or fined.

The Government will fully investigate the Home Office errors that led to the damning Windrush scandal, Theresa May announced today.

Jeremy Hunt has today launched an inquiry after it emerged that up to 450,000 women may have missed crucial breast cancer screenings due to an IT failure.

Housing minister Dominic Raab has insisted a sex scandal involving his diary secretary which sparked a security alert is a "storm in a teacup".

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Labour MPs have leapt to the defence of Sajid Javid, after the new Conservative Home Secretary was targeted for "unacceptable" online abuse by "vile" Twitter trolls.

Peers are expected to inflict yet another defeat on the Government today - this time on proposals to prevent a hard Northern Irish border after Brexit.

A former top aide to John Bercow has accused the House of Commons Speaker of bullying him.

A powerful committee of MPs today dealt a major blow to Theresa May as it tore into the Government over its attempts to tackle modern slavery.

Sixty Conservatives MPs have warned Theresa May her government will collapse unless she shelves Number 10’s preferred plan for a post-Brexit customs system.

New Home Secretary Sajid Javid could scrap the Government’s controversial net migration target of less than 100,000 a year, it has been reported.

Theresa May will gather her top Cabinet ministers today for the latest crunch meeting of her powerful Brexit war cabinet. With Brexiteers up in arms about Number 10’s plans for a post-exit custom system, Matt Foster talks to Tory backenchers and experts on both sides of the debate to find out what’s really going on

Labour has called for a Commons vote on Wednesday which could force ministers to publish all internal government memos on the Windrush scandal.

Tax havens around the world will be forced to publish the names of fat-cat property owners in a major government U-turn, it emerged today.

A senior peer and former Ulster Unionist MP has been slammed after he called Ireland’s prime minister a “typical Indian”.

Theresa May has said ministers will ramp up their efforts to reverse a series of Lords amendments to the flagship Brexit bill which she claims would “tie the Government’s hands”.

John McDonnell has demanded a meeting with McDonald’s bosses as staff at the burger giant walk out in a bitter pay dispute.

Labour has accused allies of Amber Rudd of trying to “smear and blame” Home Office staff for her dramatic exit from the Cabinet this week.

A Conservative council candidate has been suspended after handing out leaflets accusing Labour of spreading hepatitis at a local hospital.

A Labour frontbencher who defied Jeremy Corbyn on Brexit has been spared the sack, it has emerged.

Employers should discriminate against Eton-educated job-seekers, former Education Secretary Justine Greening has suggested.

A senior civil servant has been accused of costing Amber Rudd her job by passing the former Home Secretary false information on immigration removal targets.

It would be a “catastrophic error” for the UK to rush into a trade deal with the US after Brexit, an influential group of MPs has warned.

Shadow health minister Lord Hunt could be facing the sack from Jeremy Corbyn’s frontbench after voting for a second Brexit referendum.

John Woodcock has been suspended by the Labour party over allegations that he sexually harassed a female aide.

Sajid Javid has ditched the "hostile environment" phrase to describe the Government approach to illegal immigration as he sought to distance himself from Theresa May's legacy at the Home Office.

Gavin Williamson has called on journalists and people with IT and cyber skills to join the UK’s reserve forces to help tackle the “age of disinformation” being propagated by Russia.

The Government has suffered its seventh defeat in the House of Lords on its flagship Brexit legislation.