Penny Mordaunt has vowed to “stamp out” the scourge of modern slavery abroad as she unveiled a multimillion pound package to help half a million survivors or people at risk.

Officials in the Foreign Office told Dublin to “ignore” Boris Johnson when he speaks about Brexit, it has been reported.

Nicky Morgan has claimed she is a “freedom fighter” defending parliament as the Government tries to force Brexit through the Commons.

The DUP has warned Theresa May it could end its crucial support for her Government if Northern Ireland is treated separately to the rest of the UK on Brexit.

Defiant Theresa May has stood firm against Donald Trump by telling the US president he was “wrong” to re-tweet far right group Britain First.

Jeremy Corbyn has attacked the “speculators and gamblers” at the top of Morgan Stanley after the US bank suggested a Labour government would pose more of a threat to business than Brexit.

Here is a summary of this morning's briefing for lobby journalists by the Prime Minister's official spokesman.

Tory activists have warned Theresa May she could face a grassroots revolt if the party pushes ahead with proposed changes that appear to strip local associations of key powers.

Home Secretary Amber Rudd has joined in the condemnation of Donald Trump, saying the president was “wrong” to retweet extremist group Britain First.

Tory MP Zac Goldsmith has been accused of "smearing" Jeremy Corbyn after accusing the Labour leader of supporting "radical Islamists".

Net migration fell by more than 100,000 in the year since the Brexit vote as tens of thousands of EU nationals left the UK, the Office for National Statistics has said.

By offering the the unpredictable president the red carpet treatment, Theresa May has made herself a hostage to fortune.

Conservative MPs have reportedly been told by No10 to focus on seven new policy principles, after internal polling showed the public did not view the party as caring enough.

The Government has laid out new plans to get one million more disabled people into work over the next ten years.

The EU is reportedly prepared to confirm a two-year Brexit transitional period as early as January following a breakthrough in negotiations over the Irish border.

Donald Trump has fired back at Theresa May after Downing St criticised the US president for re-tweeting anti-Muslim videos from far-right group Britain First.

Theresa May has mounted a strong defence of Britain's part in the war on terror - after Michel Barnier claimed the Brexit vote showed the UK had turned its back on Europe's fight against Daesh.

Donald Trump was "wrong" to retweet anti-Muslim videos posted by the far-right group Britain First, a spokesman for Theresa May has said.

Jeremy Corbyn has led a huge backlash against Donald Trump after he endorsed anti-Muslim tweets by the deputy leader of far-right group Britain First.

Handing Brussels a multibillion pound Brexit 'divorce bill' would be a “betrayal of the British people”, anti-EU MPs have warned.

Britain turned its back on the rest of Europe's fight against Islamist terror by voting for Brexit, Michel Barnier has declared.

Damian Green has declined to apologise on behalf of Parliament to victims of sexual harassment and assault.

Labour MP Tulip Siddiq has apologised “unreservedly” to a pregnant TV producer after she told her to “be careful” before warning that "child labour is hard".

Liberal Democrat deputy leader Jo Swinson is to be investigated by the police over her general election campaign spending.

Hundreds of miles of unused rail lines could be brought back into use in a bid to stop overcrowding, Chris Grayling has said.

The Brexit impact assessment papers amount to a whitewash, a Whitehall insider has said.

A Labour MP has been accused of trying to threaten a pregnant TV producer after she warned her to “be careful” and then added: "Hope you have a great birth, because child labour is hard".

Diane Abbott has written to two constituents in the last month promising to argue in favour of a referendum on the final Brexit deal. 

Damian Green is to stand in for Theresa May at Prime Minister's Questions despite an ongoing investigation into allegations against him of sexually inappropriate behaviour.

Labour has attacked the Government over the "absolutely unacceptable" rise in foodbank reliance after a major network released figures showing they were to face their "busiest Christmas ever".

Theresa May has promised to raise the humanitarian crisis in Yemen when she meets Saudi leaders on short tour of the Middle East.

The NHS is to bring in thousands of foreign nurses for time-limited placements to ease staffing shortages in English hospitals, health officials have said. 

Britain and the European Union have finally agreed a Brexit divorce bill of up to £50bn, it has been reported.

Emily Thornberry has insisted anti-Semites will be "drummed out" of Labour - as she admitted the ongoing controversy over the issue had cost the party votes at the general election.

David Davis has been ordered to appear before a powerful committee of MPs as he came under fire from senior Tories over the Government’s publication of the Brexit impact papers.

Prominent anti-EU Tory Jacob Rees-Mogg has attacked the Government for keeping secret key elements of its Brexit impact assessments.