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Barry Gardiner has rubbished calls for a People’s Vote saying that it could lead to civil disobedience.

John McDonnell has blasted plans for a secret get-together between former Lehman Brothers staff.

Tory MPs have warned of an 'entryist plot' aimed at influencing the next election for leadership of the Conservative party.

Labour continues to outstrip the Conservatives in a new poll which gives Jeremy Corbyn's party a three-point lead. 

MPs have asked for a boost to their staffing budgets in order to deal with Brexit.

Ministers have lashed out after it was revealed that trade union activists have cost public bodies nearly £200m in the past year.

Thousands of children in care are being left without adequate support from local authorities, a new report has found.

Hundreds of racist and Islamophobic comments have been left on Boris Johnson's Facebook page in the wake of his comments about the burqa.

An under-fire Conservative peer has accused his critics of seeking revenge after he attacked Boris Johnson's remarks about the burqa.

One of the UK's top cops has accused Theresa May of “stabbing police in the back” after the latest terror attack on Westminster.

Boris Johnson is under fire after it emerged his trip to Afghanistan to dodge a Commons vote on Heathrow expansion left taxpayers footing a £20,000 bill.

Conservative MP Bob Neill has hit out at “slap in the face” increases in rail fares.

Jeremy Corbyn has hit out at newly announced rail fare rises, saying they are “insulting” to commuters.

Ruth Davidson has thrown her weight behind proposals for a so-called “Amazon tax” to even the playing field between online giants and high street shops.

Labour MPs are being "pushed to breaking point" by the party's battle with anti-Semitism, prominent backbencher Chuka Umunna has warned.

Social housing tenants will be given the right to buy as little as 1% of their council homes each year in a bid to boost home ownership, ministers have announced.

Jeremy Corbyn has come under fire from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his attendance at a wreath-laying service said to have honoured the group behind the Munich Massacre.

A Labour MP has denied perverting the course of justice by allegedly lying over a speeding offence

MPs could be sacked if they bring prostitutes into Parliament under the new Commons code of conduct.

A new £100m plan will seek to eradicate rough sleeping in England by 2027, ministers have announced.

Controversial ex-Donald Trump aide Steve Bannon has urged Boris Johnson not to apologise for his comments about the burqa.

The Government is set to launch a new scheme that would see local people given more power to make decisions about their communities – including over planning issues and spending .

Pressure is mounting on Conservative party officials to discipline Boris Johnson over remarks he made about women who wear burqas.

A petition that could see Ian Paisley dumped as an MP over an expenses rules breach opens today.

Private schools should fend off Labour plans to "abolish" them by handing out places to thousands of children in care, a Tory minister has said.

Two influential Muslim groups have accused Boris Johnson of "pandering" to the far-right after he said women wearing burqas look like letter boxes and bank robbers.

Jeremy Corbyn has told anti-Semites in the Labour party they are not acting in his name and he will kick them out.

Britain's elections watchdog has dismissed allegations from Priti Patel about the official Remain campaign's spending - and pushed back at claims of bias from the Brexiteer Tory MP.

A former House of Commons clerk has accused Labour MP Keith Vaz of bullying her.

Momentum has dropped its support for a close ally of Jeremy Corbyn after he made a series of "deeply insensitive" remarks about Jews.

Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell called for Holocaust Memorial Day to be renamed, PoliticsHome can reveal.

Labour has launched an investigation into another councillor after he shared a Facebook post comparing the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Adolf Hitler.

A senior Cabinet minister has warned that a ‘no deal’ Brexit could trigger a new recession.

MPs have accused the Government of “shocking” indecision over what the UK's immigration system should look like after Brexit.

Aid charities have failed to tackle "endemic" sexual abuse in the sector, MPs have warned.

A Tory MP was made a minister by Theresa May despite being under investigation over allegations of inappropriate touching, it has been reported.