Boris Johnson has urged Donald Trump not to “throw the baby out with the bathwater” as he appeared on US TV in a bid to convince the President not to scrap the Iran nuclear deal.

Diane Abbott has accused ministers of a “random” approach to migration rules amid claims more than 1,000 skilled migrants could wrongly face deportation.

Pro-Brexit Conservative MPs are like "toddlers" who risk throwing the next election away for the party, a former Cabinet minister has declared.

The SNP's Mhairi Black has said Jeremy Corbyn told her he backs Scotland becoming an independent country in a private conversation.

Labour has accused Theresa May of “failing” families, as new figures revealed that the number of children in working households growing up in poverty has soared since 2010.

Boris Johnson will today appear on a TV news show viewed regularly by Donald Trump in a bid to convince the US President not to torpedo the Iran nuclear deal.

The EU is reportedly launching a fresh drive to shore up its free market policies after Brexit amid fears that Jeremy Corbyn’s plans could undermine European firms.

Theresa May has warned warring ministers to fall in line behind her favoured plan for close customs ties with the EU or risk being pushed into a full customs union by MPs, it has emerged.

A senior Tory MP has said John Bercow should welcome an investigation into allegations of bullying made by former parliamentary staff.

Lord Adonis has apologised after he tweeted a cartoon depicting Sajid Javid planning to deport his own parents.

Ministers are looking into giving grandparents an effective legal right to see their grandchildren following a divorce between parents.

Jeremy Corbyn's Brexit strategy has come under fire after he ordered Labour peers to abstain on a key vote seeking to keep Britain in the European Economic Area (EEA).

Conservative Party chairman Brandon Lewis has batted away calls to suspend a Tory councillor who was readmitted to the party at the local elections after sharing a racist joke.

Business Secretary Greg Clark has suggested that thousands of manufacturing jobs could be put at risk if the UK does not "minimise friction" in its trade with the EU after Brexit, amid a Conservative row over the UK's future customs ties.

John McDonnell has acknowledged that the row over anti-Semitism in Labour undermined its bid to seize a key London target seat at the local elections.

Theresa May risks sparking Cabinet outrage amid reports she is planning to make a fresh attempt to push a controversial plan for post-Brexit customs ties with Brussels.

Conservative MPs are preparing to ramp up pressure on John Bercow by launching a series of parliamentary questions and motions calling on him to resign as speaker.

Lord Blunkett has called on Labour MPs to set up a secret "leadership group" to form an alternative to Jeremy Corbyn, as the former home secretary tore into the party's local election performance.

Rebel Conservative MPs reportedly believe they have the numbers needed in the Commons to keep Britain in the single market after Brexit.

Boris Johnson will make a last-ditch attempt to save the Iran nuclear deal during a trip to Washington this weekend amid fears the US is set to scrap it.

Tony Blair’s former spin doctor has condemned the “Militant-style nastiness” which has led him to question his loyalty to the Labour party.

Jacob Rees-Mogg has hit back at claims by a former Cabinet minister that the pro-Brexit campaign group he chairs is “acting like Russia” over the customs union.

John Bercow is planning to stay on as Speaker for another year despite allegations of bullying against him, it has emerged.

Labour MPs have called for an inquest after the party fell short of expectations in the local elections.

Donald Trump has risked a fresh row ahead of his first trip to the UK as American president by claiming knife attacks had left a London hospital “like a war zone”.

A top judge has ruled that Unite was correct to call a general secretary election when Len McCluskey dramatically quit the role.

An ex-mayor who was suspended from the Conservatives for sharing a racist joke has been reinstated – allowing the party to seize control of a local council.

A fresh Labour anti-Semitism row has erupted after a senior frontbencher accused the party’s former general secretary of failing to tackle the problem.

Labour MP Dan Jarvis today stormed to victory in the contest to become the first mayor of the Sheffield City Region.

The Lib Dems have burst back on to the political stage as a “major national force” after seizing three councils from the Conservatives, Vince Cable said today.

Ukip's general secretary has likened his embattled party to the Black Death as it faced near-total wipeout in the local elections.

Jeremy Corbyn has insisted that the Conservatives are “right to be worried” about Labour despite his party failing to seize a host of key target councils.

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A Foreign Office minister has condemned the Palestinian president after he appeared to justify the Holocaust in a speech attended by Emily Thornberry.

Labour has slammed new voter identification trials amid reports of people being turned away from polling stations.

Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has thrown his weight behind calls to waive hefty fees for Afghan interpreters who put their lives at risk serving alongside British troops and now want to settle in the UK.