A former top aide to Jeremy Corbyn has joined Richard Leonard's campaign to be the new leader of Scottish Labour.

Urgent reforms are needed to prevent young offenders from ethnic minority backgrounds becoming "the next generation" of adult criminals, a new report has warned. 

Remain-backing Tory MPs have urged Theresa May to remove a minister and a Treasury aide over their support for a letter advocating a so-called 'hard Brexit'.

Labour have accused the Government of making a 'power grab' over an attempt to put the Tories in charge of a series of powerful Commons committees.

Theresa May has defended the Government's handling of the response to Hurricane Irma, saying her team has acted "swiftly" to help British overseas territories hit by the storm.

The Conservatives lost six council seats last night as Labour made major gains in elections across the country.

Theresa May has launched a bitter attack on the Venezuelan government and accused controversial president Nicolas Maduro of trying to take the country "further away from democracy".

Dozens of Tory MPs have launched a campaign urging Theresa May not to keep Britain in the EU "by stealth" during a post-Brexit transition period.

The UK cannot use Ireland as a “test case” for its future border relations with the European Union, Brexit chief negotiator Michel Barnier said today.

The Government is providing millions of pounds in immediate assistance for those affected by Hurricane Irma, Foreign Office minister Alan Duncan has said.

European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has questioned the "stability" of David Davis during Brexit talks, it has emerged.

Sadiq Khan has said he backs the right of women to have an abortion, a day after Jacob Rees-Mogg sparked anger by saying he opposed it in all circumstances, including rape and incest.  

Arch-Eurosceptic MP Jacob Rees-Mogg has been elected to serve on the Brexit Select Committee, but outspoken Remain campaigner Anna Soubry has lost out.

Young Muslims living in Britain face enormous social mobility preventing them from realising their potential, a “disturbing” new report has found.

The chance of Britain and the EU moving to the next stage of Brexit talks in October is “in the neighbourhood of zero”, a former European Council chief has said.

Universities will be fined if they fail to justify giving vice-chancellors higher salaries than the prime minister, the Government will announce today.

Philip Hammond told Tory MPs the party must use the autumn budget to help young people while adding that his generation has never been as well off as they are now, according to reports.

One in eight workers in the UK are skipping meals while one in six go without heating to make ends meet, a new poll has found.

A House of Lords committee has launched a furious attack on ministers over "unprecedented" plans to transfer power from Parliament to the Government over Brexit.

The European Union wants a separate Brexit deal for Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK in a bid to stave off increased tensions in the region, a new report has said.

Some of Britain's biggest companies have reacted angrily after being asked by Downing Street to sign a letter backing the Government's Brexit strategy.

A former Attorney General today sounded the alarm on the Government’s flagship Brexit bill, saying it will allow ministers to ride roughshod over the British constitution.

Proposals to curb the number of low-skilled migrants coming to the UK after Brexit could have “catastrophic” consequences, business groups have warned.

The UK may never bounce back from the "economic hit" of Brexit, Ruth Davidson has warned.

Football clubs should be banned from having their shirts sponsored by gambling firms, Labour has said.

Theresa May suppressed up to nine reports into immigration when she was Home Secretary because the findings were “inconvenient” to the Government, it was claimed today.

Theresa May has made a pointed attack on Labour over the resignation of shadow minister Sarah Champion, saying politicians must have "freedom to speak out" about child abuse.

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A pro-Jeremy Corbyn Labour MP who sparked fury by calling Conservatives "the enemy" has said she will work with Tory MPs if it will help her constituents.

Traditionalist Conservative backbencher Jacob Rees-Mogg has been condemned after revealing he is against abortion even in cases where a woman has been raped.

It would be a "complete and utter disaster" for Britain if it were to fail to strike a deal with the EU on Brexit, the former head of the civil service has said.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has called for fundamental change in the way Britain’s economy is run as a new report reveals that UK growth is funding business profits as workers’ wages stagnate.  

Labour's long-standing election chief has quit - opening the way for Jeremy Corbyn to tighten his grip on the party.

Ministers will try to maintain extensive collaboration in areas of scientific research with the European Union after Brexit, according to a new government paper.

Theresa May is repotedly preparing to ditch Tory manifesto plans to cut the number of MPs from 650 to 600.

UK ministers have batted away Irish claims that there can be ‘no British-only direct rule’ over Northern Ireland should talks over restarting power-sharing at Stormont break down.