Ministers have failed to recoup some £2bn in taxpayer cash that was wrongly paid to housing benefit claimants, PoliticsHome can reveal.

A former top aide to Theresa May has hit back at George Osborne over claims he has told friends he want the Prime Minister "chopped up in bags in [his] freezer".

Jeremy Corbyn has refused to condemn Len McCluskey over his threat to call illegal strike action over public sector pay.

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The UK will regret its decision to quit the European Union, Jean-Claude Juncker said today as he laid out his vision for the bloc's future.

Workers continue to feel the pinch as wages failed to keep up with the pace of rising prices for the fifth month in a row, official figures revealed today.

The Shadow Health Secretary is today calling on the Government to end the public sector pay cap in the NHS, saying it has been a “disaster” for the service.          

The former minister in charge of the civil service has lashed out at Whitehall officials, accusing them of misleading ministers and questioning their ability to implement Brexit.

Wages have risen faster than house prices in most parts of Great Britain in the last the decade, according to a new study.

Universities could be forced into linking the fees they charge to the value of the course studied, Philip Hammond has said.

The health service is braced for a flu outbreak this winter, according to NHS Chief Executive Simon Stevens.    

The UK could remain in the single market and the customs union during the Brexit transition period, Philip Hammond has suggested. 

Plans to guarantee the Conservatives a majority on powerful Commons committees despite the general election delivering a hung parliament have been backed by MPs.

The Government’s ‘light touch’ approach has led to increasing homelessness ‘in all its forms,’ according to a new report by the National Audit Office. 

The next round of Brexit talks have been delayed by a week, it has been confirmed.

Trade unions have joined forces to condemn the Government's decision to start lifting the public sector pay cap - branding it a "smoke and mirrors" policy which does not go far enough.

An attempt by media mogul Rupert Murdoch to enlarge his broadcasting empire in the UK is set to be referred to the official competition watchdog, it was announced today.

Labour will force a Commons vote tomorrow on the Government’s plans to raise tuition fees by £250 a year.

The seven-year cap on public sector pay has been dropped, Downing St has announced. 

Angry Conservative rebels today launched an attempt to force a vote in parliament on the final trade deal the Government strikes with the European Union.

Former Tony Blair advisor and once staunch Jeremy Corbyn critic John McTernan has said the Labour leader will win the next election.

LBC radio has been rapped by the UK's broadcasting watchdog for failing to challenge a listener who branded Diane Abbott “a retard”.

Parliament officials are under fresh pressure to tackle a growing vermin problem after footage emerged of rats fighting over food on the House of Commons terrace.

A jump in the price of clothing due to the fall in the pound pushed inflation to its joint highest level in more than five years, official statistics revealed today.

Len McCluskey has said he is prepared to sanction illegal strike action unless the Government lifts the public sector pay cap.

Boris Johnson is to fly to the Caribbean to visit British territories devastated by Hurricane Irma.

Len McCluskey has ramped up his feud with Tom Watson by calling for Labour to bring in a female deputy leader to work alongside him.

Theresa May contacted Donald Trump in a bid to save jobs at an airplane manufacturer in Belfast, following pressure from the Democratic Unionist Party.

The DUP are to vote in favour of controversial proposals that would see the Conservatives put in charge of a series of powerful Commons committees, according to a report.

Labour have demanded that major EU powers be handed straight to the devolved administrations after Brexit.

The chief of staff to Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker is a “hardliner” who spends much of the Brexit negotiations briefing against Britain to German newspapers, according to Nick Timothy.

Labour MPs rebelled against Jeremy Corbyn as the Commons gave its backing to the Government's flagship Brexit bill.

Britain will continue to provide military and security assistance to the European Union after Brexit, the Government has insisted.

Labour bosses believe as many as 20 of their MPs could refuse to vote against the EU (Withdrawal) Bill in a major challenge to Jeremy Corbyn's authority.

Jeremy Corbyn has suggested Britain could stay in the European single market permanently after Brexit - just weeks after ruling it out. 

Supporters of Jeremy Corbyn have won seats on a powerful committee overseeing the Labour conference agenda in a major boost for the party leader.