The NHS risks a repeat of the Mid-Staffordshire hospital scandal due to a "moral vacuum" in the nursing profession, a damning new report has warned.

A senior Foreign Office minister has pleaded in person with Aung San Suu Kyi to end the violence against the Rohingya people on a visit to Myanmar.

Boris Johnson has urged Theresa May to make sure the post-Brexit transition period with the EU is not "too long" – less than a week after the Prime Minister laid out her proposed timetable.

The transatlantic row over an aeroplane parts plant in Northern Ireland “could jeopardise” future trade with the US, the Defence Secretary has said.

Theresa May will today claim that free market capitalism is "the greatest agent of collective human progress ever created".

Ed Miliband today lashed out at hyper-partisan site the Canary and demanded it delete an article attacking BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg.

Barely an hour after Jeremy Corbyn finally reached the end of his keynote speech, William Hill stuck out a press release revealing he is now 5/1 to be Prime Minister by the end of next year's conference season.

A major housing charity today warned Jeremy Corbyn that his plan to slap rent controls on landlords could "end up harming" those he intends to help.

Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to end “social cleansing” as he announced plans to introduce rent controls and new restrictions on housing redevelopment schemes.

Jeremy Corbyn claimed that Labour now occupies the “centre ground” of British politics as he called on his party to unite and prove it is ready for power.

Jeremy Corbyn has blasted “the Tories and their loyal media” for fuelling online abuse during the general election, in a speech at Labour’s annual conference today. 

A Labour MP has doubled down on her controversial claim that Prince Harry cannots drive a helicopter and "just sits there going 'vroom vroom'".

Downing Street has said it is "bitterly disappointed" at a decision from the Trump administration to slap tariffs on aeroplane parts built in Northern Ireland.

Jeremy Corbyn has been criticised for snubbing a Labour Friends of Israel conference reception for the first time since he became party leader.

Boris Johnson is to host the launch of a right wing think tank pushing for hard Brexit, just days after the Prime Minister's key Florence speech.

A key part of Theresa May’s Brexit speech in Florence last week was agreed with the EU commission beforehand, it has been reported. 

A Labour MP has been condemned after she launched an extraordinary rant about the Royal Family.

Jeremy Corbyn will unveil plans to end Britain's long hours culture and boost the amount of time people get off work.

Schools could be forced to employ more black and ethnic minority teachers if Labour wins the next election, Angela Rayner has revealed.

A crisis management expert who will 'war game' the prospect of a run on the Pound if Labour wins the next election is in talks about taking a job in Jeremy Corbyn's office, PoliticsHome understands. 

Making offensive comments about Jewish people does not make someone "inherently anti-Semitic", Ken Livingstone has claimed.

Donald Tusk has taken a swipe at Boris Johnson as he said Britain’s attempt to have a "cake and eat it" approach to Brexit had come to an end.

A future Labour government would spend £500m on reversing cuts to Sure Start centres, Angela Rayner announced today.

Labour must do more to show it is not "a racist party" after it was engulfed by a fresh anti-Semitism row, according to the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

Theresa May lost her Commons majority because of a "divided Cabinet and party", according to her former joint-chief of staff.

Jeremy Corbyn is putting the UK and its allies at risk by refusing to pledge military support for a Nato member attacked by Russia, according to Sir Michael Fallon.

Jeremy Corbyn has said he does not yet know if a Labour government would unilaterally ditch Britain's nuclear weapons if he were Prime Minister.

Recently resigned Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale has attacked Jeremy Corbyn over his "lazy and lacklustre" campaign to keep Britain in the EU.

Diane Abbott has urged Labour supporters not to engage in online abuse of BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg.

Theresa May is to meet with Donald Tusk for the first time since laying out plans for a two-year post-Brexit transition period later today.

Labour's Northern Ireland spokesman has said the province should remain part of the EU even after the rest of the UK leaves the bloc.

A future Labour government would look at raising a levy on bookmakers to fund treatment for problem gamblers, Labour's deputy leader will say today. 

Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell are preparing for political unrest and a financial crisis in case a Labour win at the next election sparks chaos, it has emerged.

Michel Barnier has demanded that the Government provides more “clarity” on its Brexit plans as the deadlock between the EU and the UK continued.

An ally of Jeremy Corbyn today offered a stark warning that the party should not ape the controlling tactics of New Labour, after members were blocked from a conference vote about Brexit.

It is “a disgrace” that BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg needs a bodyguard to work at Labour conference, a prominent MP who used to work for the broadcaster said today.