Agnes Chambre

Labour has accused the Government of breaking its manifesto pledge to increase NHS funding by £8bn in real-terms over the next five years.

Five British cities have been told they must withdraw their bids for the 2023 European Capital of Culture because of Brexit.

Philip Hammond has bowed to intense political pressure and announced a U-turn on the Government’s flagship Universal Credit programme.

Philip Hammond's Budget has given relief to small business owners by announcing a reduction in business rate rises and keeping the VAT threshold at £85,000.

Downing Street policy guru George Freeman dramatically stood down from his role today and called for party chair Patrick McGloughlin to quit.

Dominic Grieve has accused a number of Tory MPs of becoming “unhinged” over the Brexit withdrawal process.

David Davis is reportedly considering resigning after being kept in the dark about Boris Johnson and Michael Gove’s secret Brexit letter.

The Government will give the go-ahead to a new generation of driverless cars at this week's Budget, Philip Hammond has indicated.

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Wimbledon boss Sarah Clarke has been named the first ever female Black Rod in a landmark appointment.

Leo Varadkar has said he is willing to veto trade talks between the EU and Britain unless he gets written guarantees there will be no return to a hard border in Ireland.

Tory MP Anna Soubry has reported five threats against her to the police following the Daily Telegraph’s front page branding Conservative Brexit rebels “mutineers”.

A former No 10 aide has denied claims he groped a top television producer in Downing St.

Iranian officials have handed the Foreign Office a number of multi-million pound demands in exchange for freeing Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, according to reports.

The newly appointed International Development Secretary has suggested her department should compete for money in the same way charities have to.

MPs have condemned a newspaper for branding Brexit rebels “mutineers”, with one minister saying the headline is an “attempt to divide” the Tories.

A top television producer has claimed a senior aide to David Cameron touched her breast during a meeting in Downing Street.

Nicky Morgan has said her fellow Conservative MP Boris Johnson should consider quitting over his gaffe that could add another five years to a British mother's time in an Iranian prison.

The former Attorney General has launched a stinging attack on the Government's "thoroughly stupid" decision to put the date of Brexit into law.

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Female journalists are to blame for the Westminster sexual harassment scandal, according to a veteran Tory MP.

Charlie Elphicke has described the process which led to him being suspended from the Conservative party as “fundamentally wrong”.

Theresa May has pledged today she will enshrine the Brexit date in law, in a bid to stop MPs trying to “block” leaving the EU.

The Westminster sexual harassment scandal will not inflict as much damage as the expenses scandal because fewer people will be caught up in it, John Bercow has predicted.

Support for Theresa May has increased in recent days despite the chaos engulfing her government.

George Osborne has accused Theresa May of being “largely irrelevant" to British politics in his latest outspoken attack on his former Cabinet colleague.

Penny Mordaunt has been named as the new International Development Secretary following Priti Patel's resignation last night. 

European leaders are reportedly concerned that Theresa May's "fragile" Government to fall before the new year, following the Cabinet chaos of the last week.

Jeremy Corbyn is to demand the Government pays £1bn to ensure all council high rises are retrofitted with sprinklers in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire, it has been reported.

A former Commons bar manager has said she was repeatedly pestered for sex by MPs - including one who followed her home after drinking 12 pints.

Priti Patel was “accelerated” to the Cabinet because she is a “great British Asian representative”, a senior Tory MP said today.

The Government will not publish papers detailing the impact of Brexit on the economy for another three weeks, a Brexit minister has said. 

Priti Patel has been forced to apologise for holding 12 meetings with senior Israeli figures - including the country's Prime Minister - while on a family holiday in the country.

The Liberal Democrats have confirmed they suspended a member who is alleged to have raped a party activist.

Tony Blair promised Gordon Brown he would step down in the second term of being prime minister, in exchange for him withdrawing from the Labour leadership race in 1994.