Liz Bates

Aspiring Labour MP Mandy Richards has been dumped as the party’s parliamentary candidate in Worcester.

Shadow Defence Secretary Nia Griffith has broken ranks with the Labour leadership over the recent military action taken by Theresa May in Syria.

Nicola Sturgeon has rejected Theresa May’s latest offer on how the devolved nations will share powers repatriated from Brussels after Brexit.

Theresa May has today unveiled a statue of suffragist Millicent Fawcett in Parliament Square.

Cabinet ministers are reportedly preparing to confront Theresa May amid the growing prospect of a Government defeat over the UK’s customs arrangements with the EU after Brexit.

Local authorities are reportedly sitting on hundreds of millions of pounds in funds earmarked for affordable housing.

Theresa May has announced that Britain’s Windrush children will be entitled to compensation over their unfair treatment by the Home Office.

A Tory council candidate in Watford has been suspended over alleged links to far-right groups.

The decision to destroy the Windrush generation's landing papers was taken while Labour was in power, Theresa May has said.

Diane Abbott has said Amber Rudd should “consider her position” after the Home Secretary criticised officials in her own department over the Windrush scandal.

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

Theresa May has apologised to Caribbean leaders over the treatment of the UK's so-called Windrush children, after an outcry over immigration troubles faced by the longstanding British residents.

Tighter regulation of online ads is needed in order to prevent fake news influencing the outcome of the next general election, peers have warned.

One third of millennials will never be able to afford to buy their own home, according to new research.

Esther McVey has sparked outrage after claiming that rape victims may benefit from recounting their ordeal in order to claim benefits.

Dozens of MPs from across the political divide have rounded on Theresa May over the “grotesque, immoral and inhumane” treatment of the so-called Windrush children.

Downing Street has rejected an offer to meet Caribbean officials to discuss the plight of Britain’s Windrush generation, who migrated to the UK as children in the 1950s and 60s but who have now been warned they face deportation.

Theresa May will today launch a £7 million fund to support female entrepreneurs across the Commonwealth.

Jeremy Corbyn has refused to blame Russia for the Salisbury nerve agent attack, despite being given access to the latest government intelligence on the case.

Jeremy Corbyn’s popularity has slumped amid tension over the Labour leader’s position on Syria and ahead of May’s crucial local elections, a new poll has revealed.

Theresa May has warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that he “will be held to account" if his regime is found to be responsible for a chemical attack which left dozens of his own citizens dead.

A former deputy Labour leader has warned the party is “in danger of disintegration” under Jeremy Corbyn.

A new political party created by Lovefilm tycoon Simon Franks has been operating for more than a year and has access to millions of pounds in funding, it has been revealed.

Wildcats could be reintroduced to the English countryside in an effort to reduce the grey squirrel population, it has been reported.

Boris Johnson has accused Jeremy Corbyn of “siding with the Russian spin machine” amid an ongoing row over the Salisbury nerve agent attack.

A Tory councillor has been suspended after it emerged he shared an article calling Muslims “parasites” who “live off the state and breed like rabbits”.

Jeremy Corbyn has hit back at criticism over his attendance at an event organised by a controversial Jewish group.

Dan Jarvis has won a major victory against Labour bosses enabling him to stay on as an MP if he is elected as South Yorkshire’s first mayor.

Britain will have at least two major trade deals ready to go when the Brexit transition period ends in 2020, the Government has predicted.

Former Conservative Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has said spending cuts have led to a reduction in screening as he revealed he has been diagnosed with bowel cancer.

Female MPs have launched an online campaign to close the gender pay gap called #paymetoo.

The Government is planning a fresh crackdown on “aggressive” behaviour by bailiffs, it has been reported.

The head of the Crown Prosecution Service Alison Saunders is preparing to step down amid criticism over the collapse of a number of rape trials.

Former Commons Speaker Lord Martin has weighed into the row over Labour’s handling of anti-Semitism, demanding that the party holds a one-day conference to tackle the issue.

British school children are showing increasing signs of poverty and hunger, head teachers have warned.

Newly appointed Labour NEC member Eddie Izzard has urged the party to eradicate "the stain of anti-Semitism" as a row over its handling of the issue rumbles on.