Liz Bates

New Tory chairman Brandon Lewis has called on the Labour party to crackdown on abuse in politics by pledging to suspend candidate who breach a new code of conduct.  

Nick Clegg has claimed a £115,000 allowance usually granted to former prime ministers.

Opposition party leaders have joined forces in a bid to keep the UK in the single market and customs union after Brexit.

Labour should allow transgender people to stand as candidates in all-women shortlists, according to a senior frontbencher.

Influential campaign group Momentum has reportedly shut down it youth wing over suggestions it has brought the organisation into ‘disrepute’. 

Justine Greening was removed as Education Secretary after she blocked Theresa May’s plans to slash tuition fees, ex-Number 10 aide Nick Timothy has claimed. 

Hospital bosses have called on Jeremy Hunt to increase funding to the NHS in order to end the winter crisis. 

Theresa May was forced to issue a grovelling apology today after an attack on Labour’s Angela Rayner spectacularly backfired.

Jean-Claude Junker has said there will be no second EU referendum and Britain’s exit from the bloc is inevitable. 

Labour’s Keir Starmer has spoken out for the first time since the release of a prolific sex attacker, amid calls for him to explain his role in the case. 

Boris Johnson has sparked a government rift by backing calls for special Brexit stamps after the Postal Services Minister branded them “divisive”. 

MPs have called for a 25p charge on disposable coffee cups in a bid to reduce harm to the environment. 

A Conservative council leader who ordered police to crackdown on homelessness in Windsor ahead of the royal wedding should be sacked from a key housing role, Labour has said.

A Labour frontbencher has resigned after defying Jeremy Corbyn to back remaining in the customs union after Brexit, PoliticsHome can reveal.

Theresa May has slapped down the leader of Windsor and Maidenhead Council over the local authority’s controversial crackdown on street homelessness ahead of the royal wedding. 

Theresa May is facing a fresh rebellion after six senior Tory MPs said they will back moves to remove foreign students from immigration figures.

Jeremy Hunt has apologised to patients whose operations have been delayed, as the NHS struggles to cope with winter demand. 

Boris Johnson has defended Toby Young’s appointment to the board of the new universities regulator, accusing critics of a "ridiculous outcry".

More than 11,000 houses across the UK have stood empty for the last ten years, whilst the number of people sleeping on the streets has soared, according to new research.

Missed hospital appointments are costing the NHS £1bn a year, according to the service’s Chief Nursing Officer.

Jeremy Corbyn’s opposition to proposed boundary changes is an “affront to democracy,” a Tory MP has said. 

Claims that David Davis is being sidelined in Brexit negotiations are untrue, a source from within his department has said. 

Councils are being forced to divert resources into supporting Universal Credit claimants, Labour has revealed. 

MPs have threatened Facebook and Twitter with sanctions unless they hand over information as part of an inquiry into Russian ‘fake news’. 

Top Tory Nicky Morgan has rebuked Formula 1 star Lewis Hamilton for his controversial remarks about his nephew wearing a dress.

Labour MPs have urged Philip Hammond to publish Treasury analysis of how Brexit will impact on the UK economy. 

Tory grandee Michael Heseltine has said that a Jeremy Corbyn government would do “less damage” to the UK than Brexit. 

West Midlands Mayor, Andy Street, has said access to the single market and customs union post-Brexit is vital for UK businesses. 

Over 6 million children are living in areas of the UK where pollution levels have breached legal limits, according to new research. 

Damian Green says he has been ‘overwhelmed’ with supportive messages from friends, colleagues and constituents since he was sacked from Cabinet for lying over a porn scandal.

Tory MPs have rounded on the former police officers who went public about the porn on Damian Green's computer, after the First Secretary of State’s sensational resignation last night.  

Sajid Javid has pledged to end the scandal of "exploitative" leasehold contracts.

Theresa May will today set out plans for the UK and Poland to work more closely together on defence and security. 

Theresa May has agreed to water down a key Government pledge on the date of Brexit in order to avoid another humiliating Commons defeat. 

Philip Hammond has said that rapid progress on a Brexit trade deal is crucial to boost the UK’s flagging economy.

EU negotiators are preparing to compromise over controversial fishing quotas, it has been reported.