John Johnston

A Labour government would drop requirements for ‘irrelevant’ academic qualifications for people applying for jobs in the civil service, the party is set to announce.

The DUP has delivered a stark warning to Theresa May after it failed to back the Government on a series of Budget votes.

Liberal Democrat MP Stephen Lloyd is facing calls to have the party whip withdrawn over his support for Theresa May's Brexit deal, PoliticsHome can reveal.

Cabinet minister Greg Clark has risked infuriating Brexiteers by suggesting extending the Brexit transition period until 2022 is “an option”.

Support for the Tories has plummeted after the agreed Brexit plan put forward by Theresa May sparked a civil war in the party, new polls have suggested.

Theresa May has warned Tory critics threatening to topple her that they could end up throwing Brexit away.

A leadership contest in the Conservative party would "not be helpful" to the Brexit negotiations, according to the MP who would announce a vote of no confidence in Theresa May.

Theresa May has warned Tory MPs who want her ousted from her job that she is determined to "see Brexit through" to the end.

Minister Rory Stewart has been forced to apologise after he invented a statistic about the level of public support for the Brexit deal.

Theresa May tonight won the backing of the Cabinet for her Brexit withdrawal agreement and then declared: "It's my deal or no deal."

Sir David Natzler has stepped down as the Clerk of the House of Commons with a call for Parliament's bosses to acknowledge their failure to root out bullying and harassment.

John Bercow has apologised for mimicking veteran Tory MP Ken Clarke.

Hopes of a Brexit breakthrough have risen after de-facto deputy prime minister David Lidington said a deal with Brussels was “almost within touching distance”.

A Brexit rift at the top of Labour has once again burst into the open as Keir Starmer defied Jeremy Corbyn and declared that the process "can be stopped". 

Britain could be open to a “different relationship” with Russia after years of tension, Theresa May will say today.

Jeremy Hunt is set to confront the Saudi leadership over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Transport minister Jo Johnson has resigned over the government's approach to Brexit.

A council candidate accused of making anti-Semitic comments had his offer to resign rejected by the local Labour party.

Dominic Raab has provoked fury after admitting he did not fully understand the importance of the trade route between Dover and Calais.

Theresa May has become too "overloaded" with Brexit to fully tackle the burning injustices in Britain, a top Tory has said.

Theresa May is under pressure to sack her new housing adviser after he was accused of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.

An engineering firm testing cladding on government buildings in the wake of the Grenfell fire were banned from criticising the Prime Minister, it has emerged.

Pro-Brexit campaign group Leave.EU and an insurance firm owned by Arron Banks have been hit with a hefty fine over the misuse of voters' data.

Theresa May has named loyalist MP Mims Davies as the new Sports Minister after Tracey Crouch quit over the Government's decision to delay a clampdown fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs).

Labour bosses have launched an investigation into a council candidate accused of "pure and simple" anti-Semitism over social media posts.

Theresa May has led tributes to former head of the civil service Sir Jeremy Heywood, who has died from cancer.

Disgraced former minister Andrew Griffiths has revealed he was left suicidal in the wake of a sexting scandal and spent a month in a psychiatric hospital.

More than 70 business leaders have backed calls for a referendum on the final Brexit deal the UK strikes with the EU.

Former Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown has been diagnosed with a form of bladder cancer.

Government cuts have left prisons “unsafe and unsanitary” with incidents of violence and self-harm at a record high, MPs have warned.

The DUP have ditched their threat to vote down the Budget over fears that the Government was preparing to sign a Brexit deal which would effectively draw a new border in the Irish Sea.

Consultancy firms pocketed £1.6m of taxpayers' money in a single month from government contracts to help with Brexit preparations, it has emerged.

Philip Hammond is set to announce the creation of a new 50 pence coin to commemorate Brexit.

Philip Hammond is set to announce a £1.5bn fund to boost the fortunes of Britain's struggling high street retailers in next week's Budget.

A no-deal Brexit could boost Argentine efforts to “enhance” relations with the Falkland Islands, according to the foreign minister of Argentina.

Sir Vince Cable has angered pro-Brexit MPs after he warned that quitting the EU could deal a blow to BBC show Strictly Come Dancing.