Liz Bates

Theresa May has backed plans to let people officially change gender without medical checks.

Universities must guarantee free speech or face penalties from the new higher education regulator, the Universities Minister has said. 

Tory MP Douglas Ross will miss a crunch Commons vote today, as he will be running the line at a Champions League match in Spain. 

Theresa May is facing a Commons rebellion as Tory backbenchers consider backing Labour plans to pause the rollout of Universal Credit. 

A senior Treasury advisor has quit her role just weeks before the Budget, in a fresh blow to Philip Hammond. 

Jeremy Corbyn’s Islington North seat could cease to exist under planned changes to constituency boundaries.

Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer has torn into the Government over its ‘no deal’ Brexit preparations, calling ministers "too weak" to reach an agreement with the EU.

Ukip’s latest leader has said he could chase and kill a badger with his ‘bare hands’.    

A powerful cross-party group of MPs is drawing up plans to stop Britain crashing out of the EU without a deal. 

Former Cabinet minister Maria Miller has said she has experienced sexual harassment "numerous times". 

Plans to bring the EU Withdrawal Bill back to the Commons next week have been ditched amid fears of a major Tory rebellion.

Undocumented Grenfell Tower survivors will now have the right to remain permanently in the UK, the Home Office has announced. 

Jeremy Corbyn has called on Theresa May to quit as Prime Minister, saying: “If she can’t lead, she should leave.” 

The UK economy is under a "cloud of uncertainty" because of Brexit, Philip Hammond has declared.

Ministers have been urged to do more to prevent hundreds of job losses after defence giant BAE Systems announced plans to cut 2,000 posts across the UK. 

Theresa May is facing a backlash from eurosceptic Tory MPs after she revealed that European Court of Justice rulings will still apply in Britain during a two year Brexit transition period.  

The future of the NHS is under threat as services are “straining at the seams,” the official health watchdog has said. 

MPs have railed against proposed changes to the census that would mean people no longer have to state their sex, deeming it “political correctness gone mad”.

More than 25 Tory MPs are prepared to vote against the Government on controversial welfare reforms, it has been reported.  

Tory grandee Michael Heseltine has called on Theresa May to appoint a new ‘housing supremo’ to tackle Britain’s housing crisis. 

Philip Hammond has faced fresh calls to lift the housing benefit freeze amid warnings of a looming crisis for renters. 

A Brexit transition deal must be reached by Christmas to reassure banks, the deputy governor of the Bank of England has warned. 

Pressure is mounting on Theresa May after Conservative former chairman Grant Shapps admitted he is coordinating a plot to oust her. 

The Chancellor’s £26bn Budget war chest could be all but wiped out, as the Office for Budget Responsibilty prepares to downgrade growth forecasts.

A Tory minister has become the first to criticise Boris Johnson’s controversial remarks about the war-torn Libyan city of Sirte.  

Tory MPs have turned on Theresa May after an ill-fated conference address that saw her confronted by a protester before dissolving into a coughing fit. 

Theresa May’s decision to make her key Brexit speech in Florence was mocked last night by Guy Verhofstadt. 

It’s been a bumpy ride for the Conservatives, but transport minister Jesse Norman believes winning back voters’ support is simply about getting on with the task at hand. He talks to Elizabeth Bates 

A powerful trade union has labelled Clive Lewis "anti-working class" after he launched an extraordinary attack on their defence of the nuclear industry.

The transatlantic row over an aeroplane parts plant in Northern Ireland “could jeopardise” future trade with the US, the Defence Secretary has said.

Theresa May will today claim that free market capitalism is "the greatest agent of collective human progress ever created".

Jeremy Corbyn has blasted “the Tories and their loyal media” for fuelling online abuse during the general election, in a speech at Labour’s annual conference today. 

A key part of Theresa May’s Brexit speech in Florence last week was agreed with the EU commission beforehand, it has been reported. 

The Cabinet rift over Brexit negotiations has deepened after Boris Johnson was branded “simple minded” by allies of Philip Hammond. 

The BBC’s political editor Laura Kuenssberg has been assigned a personal security guard for the Labour Party conference, after receiving threats against her. 

David Davis has hit back at claims Boris Johnson secured a major shift in Theresa May’s Brexit policy before her landmark speech on Friday.