Liz Bates

The Bank of England is reportedly set to announce new rules that will make it easier for European banks to operate in the UK after Brexit.

The Government announced a climbdown on its free childcare policy yesterday after sustained pressure from Labour’s Lisa Nandy over the exclusion of foster children.

The UK must “step up” and deal with the growing threat of North Korea’s nuclear capability, Gavin Williamson has warned.   

A top Tory MP has accused Twitter, Facebook and Google of profiting from online abuse.

Labour MP Stephen Kinnock tells Liz Bates that the Government has run out of excuses over its lack of support for struggling steel communities.

Former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith has told British businesses they will have to “learn to get by” after Brexit. 

The workplace pension scheme will be extended to include 18-year-olds unless they choose to opt out, David Gauke has announced.

The military may not be able to afford necessary new equipment as it struggles to take on further budget cuts, MPs have warned. 

Theresa May has insisted that the Government’s landmark Brexit Bill is still “making good progress” despite suffering a humiliating defeat in the Commons last night. 

The number of homeless families has risen by almost 1,000 over the past three months leaving 15,000 with no permanent home over the festive period, according to new figures. 

Theresa May blocked an attempt to deselect serial Conservative rebel Heidi Allen, according to her former top aide Nick Timothy. 

Theresa May has mocked Bob Kerslake over his links to the Labour party, after he sensationally quit a senior NHS role in protest at government under-funding. 

Chuka Umunna has said he will not stand near the edge of platforms on the London Underground as he fears being pushed under a tube by an angry member of the public.

Fears that tens of thousands of jobs would be lost from the City of London because of Brexit will not come to fruition, according to new research by the Financial Times. 

Tory MPs have launched a co-ordinated attack on Lord Kerslake after he quit a senior NHS role in protest at government under-funding of the health service.

UK inflation has risen to a six-year high of 3.1%, prompting concern over squeezed living standards.

Michael Gove has said animals will be recognised as "sentient beings" in a new law, after a fake news row over the issue last month.

The Conservatives have pulled ahead of Labour for the first time since Theresa May lost her Commons majority at the election.

David Davis has said he doesn’t need to “be very clever” or “know that much” in order to be Brexit Secretary.  

MPs are calling on the Government to speed up plans to stamp out cold calling pension scams. 

A Labour government could move the Bank of England to Birmingham, under radical new plans being considered by the party. 

Gavin Williamson has been branded “juvenile” after suggesting that all Britons who have fought for Islamic State should be killed rather than being allowed to return to the UK. 

Here is a summary of this morning's briefing for lobby journalists by the Prime Minister's official spokesman.

The SNP’s leader in Westminster tells PoliticsHome how bank closures have been sidelined as Parliament gets bogged down in Brexit.  

A senior Israeli minister has accused the Labour leadership of "holding anti-Semitic views".

Theresa May is preparing to confront Donald Trump over his controversial plan to declare Jerusalem the capital of Israel. 

Former police officers who accused Damian Green of accessing porn on his work computer could be prosecuted, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner has said. 

Theresa May failed to strike a deal with Brussels over a major disagreement on the role of EU judges as well as the Northern Irish border.

Labour-led Camden council has been advised to move pension fund cash overseas because of the ‘political risk’ posed by a potential Jeremy Corbyn government.

The Health Secretary has announced that 300 extra radiologists will be taken on in England, in a boost for the NHS. 

Parliament’s security watchdog has warned MPs over sharing passwords after Tory backbencher Nadine Dorries admitted she gives her personal login details to staff and interns. 

The Government is facing questions after shocking new figures reveal that hundreds of thousands of children and older people have been plunged into poverty over the last four years. 

Damian Green has provided evidence to prove that porn can be present on computers without being downloaded or watched, as part of a Cabinet inquiry into allegations made against him. 

Tory backbencher Nadine Dorries has been criticised after revealing on Twitter that she shares computer passwords with her staff, including interns. 

A British foreign aid project in Syria has been suspended after it was reportedly found to be funnelling cash to an extremist group. 

Cabinet minister Justine Greening has said action must be taken against “unprofessional” police officers who have claimed they found porn on Damian Green’s computer.