John Ashmore

The Russian government has accused the UK of being “directly” involved in staging the chemical weapons attack in the Syrian town of Douma.

Labour have referred Jeremy Hunt to the parliamentary standards commissioner after he failed to declare a stake in a company which bought luxury flats on the south coast.

Bombing the Assad regime in retaliation for the chemical attack on Syrian civilians risks "helping al-Qaeda", the Tory chairman of the Defence Select Committee has warned. 

Ministers must "bear some responsibility" for poor mental health among young people, the head of the largest teaching union has said.

British civil servants are set to begin detailed negotiations on the future trade relationship with Brussels after David Davis won out in a key internal battle. 

Choosing to diverge from EU rules after Brexit will mean more costs for British businesses, the Confederation of British Industry has warned.

Israel's Labor party has suspended its ties with Jeremy Corbyn over what its chairman called his "hostility to the Jewish community" and failure to clamp down on anti-Semitism.

Two major Jewish groups have called on Jeremy Corbyn to condemn left-wing websites claiming Labour's anti-Semitism row is a "smear" to undermine his leadership.

Jacob Rees-Mogg today hit out at “cave-dwellers” he says are trying to frustrate the Brexit process.

John Bercow has launched a furious tirade against Boris Johnson, accusing him of using "inappropriate and sexist" language towards Labour frontbencher Emily Thornberry.

Gavin Williamson has warned of the danger of Russian bots, comparing them to wartime Nazi propagandists.

Tony Blair has hit out at Jeremy Corbyn over anti-Semitism, arguing the Labour leader and his circle "do not understand the seriousness of this problem". 

The chairs of 21 select committees have signed a letter to Theresa May calling for an "urgent" parliamentary commission on health spending. 

The whistleblower who accused Vote Leave of breaking campaign spending rules will today present evidence he says supports his claims.

Labour will push for an amendment to the Government's flagship Brexit bill to prevent the UK leaving the EU without a deal, Keir Starmer will say today.

David Davis had to be provided with a sick bucket this morning as he braved food poisoning to give a major TV interview on Brexit.

A Labour shadow minister has defended his adviser's description of Israel as an "apartheid state", arguing that Palestinians are treated "entirely differently" to Jewish citizens in the country.

Labour MPs have called on Jeremy Corbyn to appear before them tomorrow to answer questions over his defence of an anti-semitic mural.

Boris Johnson has hit back at "ludicrous" claims that the Vote Leave campaign breached spending rules during the EU referendum.

Keir Starmer has warned Labour colleagues they cannot allow Brexit to tear the party apart.

Theresa May is reportedly planning a £4bn a year boost to NHS funding to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the health service being established.

Boris Johnson has compared Russia hosting this year's World Cup to the Olympics being staged in Nazi Germany in 1936.

Britian's unemployment rate has fallen to a record low, defying pre-referendum Treasury forecasts that voting to leave the EU would cost the British economy half a million jobs by 2018.

A former Labour minister has hit out at Jeremy Corbyn’s response to the Salisbury nerve attack, claiming his position is “as staggering as it is tragic”.

Vladimir Putin's crushing victory in the Russian presidential campaign was helped by the furore over the Salisbury nerve agent attack, a Moscow spokesman has claimed. 

A Conservative MP has warned that he will try to vote down the final Brexit deal unless it includes returning full control of Britain's fishing waters. 

Boris Johnson has admitted he did take part in a tennis match with the wife of a former Russian minister after she donated £160,000 to the Conservative party.

The nerve agent used to poison Sergei and Yulia Skripal may have originated in a government facility in Wiltshire, a senior Russian official has suggested. 

Voters face further deep spending cuts or "substantial" tax rises to shore up the public finances, two senior Tories have warned Philip Hammond. 

The UK will not be ready for changes to the customs system in time for the end of the Brexit transition period, a report presented to Cabinet ministers has warned. 

Major power companies and the National Grid have been put on alert over possible Russian cyber attacks on key British infrastructure.

Gavin Williamson has told the Russian government to “go away and shut up” following the nerve agent attack on a Russian former spy in Salisbury.

President Trump has offered his firm backing to Theresa May over the Salisbury attack, saying the expulsion of Russian diplomats from the UK is a "just response" to a "pattern of behaviour" from Russia.

Gavin Williamson will today warn the UK is at a "crossroads" and must counter security threats by investing more in the military. 

Russia's foreign minister has fired back at the UK over the Sergei Skripal case, accusing ministers of staging a "political performance" and "flagrantly misleading" the international community.

Theresa May will meet Nicola Sturgeon and Carwyn Jones today in a bid to end the impasse with the devolved administrations over Brexit.