Alex Salmond has been urged to apologise after he appeared to joke about having sex with leading female politicians – including Nicola Sturgeon.

A pro-Brexit campaign group has launched a bid to have Philip Hammond and Amber Rudd deselected as MPs.

Jeremy Corbyn has blasted Donald Trump for failing to condemn white supremacists after the violence which followed a far-right rally in Charlottesville. 

Big Ben will fall silent for four years from next Monday, the Parliamentary authorities have announced. 

Plans for a new political party with the aim of stopping Brexit have taken a step forward after its logo was unveiled.

Jeremy Hunt has furiously denied reports that he demanded a personal bathroom worth £44,000 at his new office.

A Conservative MP has said she will leave the party if Jacob Rees-Mogg becomes leader. 

Five senior civil servants in the Department for Work and Pensions have received bonuses of up to £20,000 – leading a Labour MP to accuse the Government of giving a “reward for failure”. 

Almost half of British voters want Theresa May to quit before the next general election, according to a new poll.

Brexit decisions are being “rushed through” in order to quash fears of a lack of action by the Government, according to civil servants and ministers.

Nine in 10 of England’s biggest NHS trusts are failing to employ enough nurses to ensure patients are safe, according to analysis.

A senior Ukip MEP has resigned as deputy whip in the European Parliament over party support for an anti-Islam campaigner.

Former minister Anna Soubry has become the highest profile Conservative to say she could join a new party over the Government’s stance on Brexit. 

David Miliband has called for Parliament or the British people to have the opportunity to keep the UK inside the European Union at the end of the negotiation process. 

Theresa May is preparing to apologise to Conservative members for the mistakes that led to the party’s general election losses, according to a report. 

Jeremy Corbyn has said the Government “must not drag” Britain into taking military action against North Korea, at a time when tensions between the state and the US are ramping up.

Former Tony Blair advisor John McTernan has revealed he is a paid-up member of pro-Jeremy Corbyn group Momentum.

Philip Hammond and Liam Fox have united to declare that the UK will seek a transition deal with the EU but will not stay in the bloc "by the back door".

Saving the UK’s struggling steel industry will be a key post-Brexit test for the Government, a Labour MP has said. 

Theresa May’s plans to remove Britain from the single market without giving other countries twelve months notice could result in a legal challenge, the Independent reports.  

Kensington and Chelsea Council’s budget for refurbishing Grenfell Tower was limited by the borrowing cap imposed by central government, according to council papers. 

The number of police officers leaving the profession has doubled over the last four years, the Times reveals. 

Ministers are considering introducing mandatory licences for the purchase of laser pens following warnings over the danger they pose to aircrafts. 

Anne Marie Waters has been selected as a candidate in the Ukip leadership race, despite making controversial remarks about Islam. 

Grooming gangs that target white girls should be handed longer prison sentences if the abuse is deemed racist, the Solicitor General has said.

Labour has backed a campaign to make the taking of “upskirt” photographs a sexual offence in law.

Jeremy Corbyn has called for direct talks between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un in a bid to settle the ongoing tension between the countries.

Two serving Cabinet ministers are sympathetic about a plan to set up a new centrist political party in opposition to Brexit, according to the former Conservative aide who is driving the idea. 

New plans to require CCTV at all slaughterhouses in England will cement the country’s position as a “global leader” for animal welfare, Michael Gove has said. 

Labour has accused the Government of presiding over a “staggering failure” on cancer treatment. 

Ministers have been accused of trying to “water down” access to justice after Brexit by removing the ability of citizens to sue the Government for breaches of EU law. 

Damian Green has rejected Ruth Davidson’s call for the Conservatives to rethink their commitment to cut net migration to beneath 100,000 per year. 

Amber Rudd has said “political and cultural sensitivities” must not get in the way of preventing and prosecuting cases of child abuse. 

Jeremy Corbyn has urged the US and North Korea to reduce tensions and avoid a devastating nuclear attack - saying any such blast would be “unthinkable”.

NHS England has not met its monthly target for A&E waiting times for two years, newly released figures show.

David Davis’s former chief of staff has intensified his attack on leading members of the Government, suggesting Boris Johnson should be prosecuted for his role in the Brexit campaign.