Emilio Casalicchio

The UK will spend an extra £44.5m on border security in France in a bid to ensure checks continue on the other side of the Channel, it has emerged.

Golden goodbyes promised to Carillion bosses worth hundreds of thousands of pounds have been blocked by the Government.

Britain will be on the hook for almost £200bn in PFI payments over the next 30 years, the official spending watchdog has said.

Jeremy Corbyn was hit by a fresh Brexit rebellion tonight as dozens of Labour MPs backed calls to keep the UK in the single market and customs union after it quits the EU.

European Commission boss Jean-Claude Juncker today said he would help the UK rejoin the EU after Brexit if it chooses to.

Theresa May has appointed a new minister for loneliness as part of a raft of measures to tackle the issue inspired by the late MP Jo Cox.

Labour has called on the UK statistics watchdog to rebuke Boris Johnson after he claimed Britain will have even more than £350m a week extra to spend after Brexit.

Business Secretary Greg Clark has ordered a fast-track investigation into the behaviour of bosses past and present at failed construction giant Carillion.

Dozens of top A&E doctors have warned Theresa May that patients are dying in hospital corridors as winter pressures make conditions in NHS hospitals “intolerable”.

Nigel Farage has said Britain could have a second EU referendum to silence Remain-supporting critics and “finish the whole thing off”.

A top Tory minister has lashed out at Theresa May’s former chief aide in a spat over the sacking of Justine Greening.

Britain could lose half a million jobs and miss out on £50bn in investment if it fails to secure a Brexit deal, new analysis commissioned by London mayor Sadiq Khan has warned.

Supermarkets will be urged to boast “plastic-free” aisles as part of a 25-year environmental plan unveiled by Theresa May today.

High-profile Tory MPs have joined forces with Labour in calling for Theresa May to use the sugar tax to feed hungry kids during the school holidays.

Philip Hammond and David Davis have raised the spectre of another global crash if the UK fails to get its way on financial services when it leaves the EU.

The Government has rejected the case for extra safeguards to prevent another prime minister taking the country to war the way Tony Blair did in Iraq.

Theresa May vowed to reignite her Government with a New Year reshuffle... and then it all went wrong. Here's how.

George Osborne has launched another bitter attack on Theresa May by branding her Cabinet reshuffle the “worst in modern history”.

Theresa May has sacked trade minister Mark Garnier just weeks after he was told asking his PA to buy him sex toys was not a breach of government rules.

New Conservative chair Brandon Lewis today insisted the party was “not quite” in a mess as he defended Theresa May’s chaotic reshuffle.

Jeremy Corbyn tonight tore into the Conservative reshuffle and argued Theresa May cannot “make up for nearly eight years of failure by changing the name of a department”.

Theresa May's reshuffle sparked a row after a Conservative MP who opposed moves to relax abortion laws was made the party's vice-chair for women.

Theresa May was left humiliated today after the Conservatives wrongly announced that Chris Grayling was replacing Patrick McLoughling as party chairman.

Ukip leader Henry Bolton has told party members his new relationship with a model in her 20s must not distract from their “vital mission”.

Tony Blair has rubbished a claim he warned Donald Trump UK intelligence may have spied on him.

Almost eight in ten Labour members want a second EU referendum, a new poll has suggested.

Top Labour MP Angela Rayner has said the party has adopted a “sh*t or bust” economic strategy because it has the “gumption to take a risk”.

A right-wing commentator who landed a plum job with a new universities watchdog was today forced to delete thousands of his tweets after some of his past comments sparked anger.

The SNP's deputy leader at Westminster has claimed that voters “don’t give two hoots” about Scottish independence.

Ministers last night faced cross-party outrage as hospitals in England were ordered to delay thousands of operations to cope with an NHS winter crisis.

Labour has called on Theresa May to sack Toby Young from his new post with the universities regulator over past comments the party said amounted to “homophobia” and “misogyny”.

Chris Grayling has defended his decision to jet off to Qatar as hard-pressed commuters were hit with eye-watering rail fare hikes. 

A senior Labour MP was left stranded on a broken down train today as he travelled the country campaigning against eye-watering rail fare hikes.

A spokesperson for Theresa May said Chris Grayling was doing a good job as Transport Secretary despite his absence as rail fares see their biggest rise for years. 

Chris Grayling has been accused of "running scared" after it emerged his visit to the Middle East will prevent him explaining eye-watering rail fare rises until Friday.

The technology behind crypto-currency Bitcoin could transform the NHS and save lives, a member of the influential Treasury Select Committee has said.