Emilio Casalicchio

Gerard Batten has formally taken over as the leader of Ukip - but will resign in a year, the party has announced.

Police have questioned a suspended Conservative MP over alleged sexual offences involving two female members of his staff, it has been reported.

Theresa May will urge Commonwealth countries to ban single-use plastics and microbeads as she announces a £60m drive to clean up the oceans.

A rise in deaths in the UK could be linked to the austerity programme imposed by the Conservative government, a Labour frontbencher has said.

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad must be removed from office if he is found to be behind the suspected chemical weapons attack which killed dozens of civilians last week, a Shadow Cabinet minister has said.

The traumatic pictures coming out of Syria have reignited the charged debate about foreign intervention. Labour’s Kate Osamor has been wrestling to try and find the right answer – but believes Bashar al-Assad must be “removed” if found to have carried out a chemical weapons attack on his own people. And as world leaders gather in London for CHOGM, the Shadow International Development Secretary is pushing to make sure human rights remain firmly on the agenda. She talks to Emilio Casalicchio

Prince Charles should not become the next Commonwealth head when the Queen steps down from the role, according to a senior Labour MP.

Theresa May must recall parliament so MPs can discuss a possible military strike against Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, the SNP has declared.

UK cyber defences will be put to the test in a major war game after it emerged almost 50 attempted online attacks came from Russia in the past six months, Amber Rudd has said.

A majority of voters now back a tax rise to support the NHS after a big boost in support among Conservatives, according to a major new survey.

A Labour government would set a new legal benchmark for the quality of hospital food in England and Wales, the party has announced, as it emerged some trusts spend just £3 on patients a day.

Labour MPs who joined the demonstration against anti-Semitism in the party should be kicked out, according to pro-Jeremy Corbyn filmmaker Ken Loach.

Tony Blair has said Theresa May can launch an air attack on the Syrian government without the approval of MPs - as he urged her to stand with the US over the latest chemical weapons attack.

Five former Northern Ireland Secretaries have joined forces to warn that a hard border on the island after Brexit would threaten “the very existence” of the Good Friday Agreement.

The live export of animals could be banned after Brexit in a bid to secure the UK as a global leader in animal welfare, under plans being mulled by Michael Gove.

Former Foreign Secretary William Hague has piled pressure on Theresa May to take military action against the Assad regime in Syria or risk legitimising chemical weapons.

Top Labour figures have piled into Amber Rudd after she claimed not to have seen a Home Office report into serious crime which was later leaked to the media.

Former Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg today refused to rule out joining a new political party aimed at capturing the political centre ground.

Boris Johnson has condemned the “deeply disturbing” gas attack in Syria which left whole families - including small children - dead or seriously injured.

Foreign Office minister Mark Field has hit out at his boss Boris Johnson for branding Jeremy Corbyn the Kremlin’s “useful idiot”.

Cuts in police force numbers are likely to have fuelled the surge in violent crime, according to a leaked Home Office document.

A Conservative rising star has admitted "hacking" into the website of a Labour opponent to alter its content in favour of the Tories.

More than half of the electorate think Labour has a problem with anti-Semitism to some extent, according to a new poll.

Jeremy Corbyn is a “useful idiot” for the Russian government by refusing to blame Vladimir Putin for the Salisbury nerve agent attack, Boris Johnson has declared.

Remain campaigners have attacked the Government after it emerged tens of thousands of pounds were spent on a state visit by the King of Spain - during which he sparked a row with Gibraltar.

Labour is set to pile pressure on Jeremy Hunt to save nursing bursaries by exploiting the Conservative partnership with the DUP.

MP and peers have lost dozens of iPads which were bought with thousands of pounds of taxpayer cash, PoliticsHome can reveal.

A Jewish Momentum official has quit his role after claiming he had "witnessed more anti-Semitism in the past week" than in his previous eight years as a Labour member.

Some 1,000 children’s centres in England may have closed since 2009, a new study has suggested - double the number estimated by the Government.

Jewish leaders will demand Ken Livingstone is kicked out of Labour for good when they meet with Jeremy Corbyn in the wake of the latest anti-Semitism row in the party, it has been reported.

Labour has demanded an investigation into whether Boris Johnson “misled” the country over the Salisbury nerve agent attack.

Nothing has changed in the facts of the Salisbury nerve agent attack - but Boris Johnson’s reputation once again lies in tatters.

Jeremy Corbyn today said Boris Johnson had “egg on his face”, after the Foreign Secretary was left humiliated over comments he made about the Salisbury nerve agent attack.

The Foreign Office has been forced to retract a claim that the nerve agent used in the Salisbury attack last month was produced in Russia, in a major blow for Theresa May.

A senior minister has hit out at defence lab Porton Down after it said it could not confirm whether the nerve agent used in the Salisbury attack came from Russia, it has been reported.

Theresa May has vowed to tackle the “burning injustice” of gender pay inequality as the deadline for big firms to publish their salary figures looms.