Emilio Casalicchio

Donald Trump deserves to win a Nobel Peace Prize if he brokers peace on the Korean peninsula and irons out issues with the Iran nuclear deal, Boris Johnson has said.

Pro-Brexit Conservative MPs are like "toddlers" who risk throwing the next election away for the party, a former Cabinet minister has declared.

An ex-mayor who was suspended from the Conservatives for sharing a racist joke has been reinstated – allowing the party to seize control of a local council.

Labour MP Dan Jarvis today stormed to victory in the contest to become the first mayor of the Sheffield City Region.

The Lib Dems have burst back on to the political stage as a “major national force” after seizing three councils from the Conservatives, Vince Cable said today.

The Conservative austerity programme has “almost certainly” increased the death rate in Britain, Jeremy Corbyn has declared.

Voters across England will head to the polls for local elections today in the first major test for the parties since the snap general election last year.

The Government will fully investigate the Home Office errors that led to the damning Windrush scandal, Theresa May announced today.

A powerful committee of MPs today dealt a major blow to Theresa May as it tore into the Government over its attempts to tackle modern slavery.

Tax havens around the world will be forced to publish the names of fat-cat property owners in a major government U-turn, it emerged today.

John McDonnell has demanded a meeting with McDonald’s bosses as staff at the burger giant walk out in a bitter pay dispute.

Theresa May dealt a fresh blow to Amber Rudd today as she revealed targets to boot illegal immigrants out of Britain were in place during her own time as Home Secretary.

Labour has promised to “end the misery of permanent debt” with a crackdown on overdraft fees charged by high street banks if it wins power.

Ministers should put national identity cards “back on the agenda” in the wake of the Windrush scandal, two former home secretaries have said.

A top Labour MP has said he regrets not voting against the controversial immigration laws which ushered in the Windrush scandal.

More than 200 MPs from across the political divide have joined forces to demand protections for Windrush migrants are stamped into law.

Sajid Javid has launched an impassioned plea for voters not to abandon the Conservatives at the upcoming local elections in the wake of the Windrush scandal.

A prominent Labour MP and vocal critic of Jeremy Corbyn could be suspended over claims he sexually harassed a female aide.

Firebrand Labour MP Chris Williamson has laid bare his “deep regret” over voting to support military action in the Middle East.

Chris Williamson has gained a reputation as one of Jeremy Corbyn’s most uncompromising supporters in the House of Commons. What turned the formerly moderate leader of Derby Council into a left-wing firebrand? Emilio Casalicchio travels to the city to find out

Jeremy Corbyn has apologised for the extent of anti-Semitism in the Labour party ahead of a crunch meeting with Jewish leaders.

A newly-selected Labour candidate who questioned Jo Cox's killing and was placed under a restraining order by the High Court should be dumped, a former MP for the party has said

Amber Rudd said officials would have greater “teeth” to boost deportations of illegal migrants just months before the Windrush saga began, it has been reported.

Prince Charles has been confirmed as the next head of the Commonwealth - despite calls from top Labour figures that he should have been overlooked.

Tax chiefs have been criticised after they refused to raid the offices of a firm suspected of laundering huge sums of money seemingly because they donated money to the Conservatives.

Plastic straws and cotton buds are set to be banned in England from next year in the latest Government bid to protect marine life.

Theresa May today accused Jeremy Corbyn of allowing anti-Semitism to “run rife” in Labour - as she heaped praise on two MPs who spoke out about the horrific abuse they have faced.

Keir Starmer has hit back at Barry Gardiner for appearing to suggest the Good Friday Agreement is outdated and describing a key plank of Labour's Brexit policy as "b******s".

The shortfall in military personnel is the largest it has been in a decade and ministers must take swift action to close the gap, the official Government watchdog has said.

The NHS has failed to implement a single recommendation to protect it from another cyber assault almost a year after a major attack hit the health service, MPs have revealed.

The Home Office is facing fresh pressure after it emerged thousands of documents relating to the Windrush generation were destroyed by the department in 2010.

John McDonnell today urged the Government to speed up a transparency drive that could usher in a major financial crackdown on the brutal Assad regime in Syria.

The marathon UK pay squeeze has finally come to an end after official figures showed wages growing slightly faster than inflation.

A key figure in a leading pro-Brexit campaign group heaped praise on the propaganda tactics employed by the Nazis and Isis.

The Lib Dems have suspended a council candidate accused of sharing a Facebook post from a group which argues immigration to the UK amounts to “genocide” of the British people.

Boris Johnson has condemned the “absolutely demented” accusation by Russia that the UK was somehow involved in faking the alleged chemical weapons attack in Douma, Syria.