Nicholas Mairs

The top executives at thousands of British companies could have their pay decided by customers and staff, under new proposals being considered by Labour.

Boris Johnson has waded into the row over plans for a TV debate between Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn by demanding that someone who campaigned for Brexit should also take part.

Top Ukip MEP Patrick O’Flynn has quit the party after its leader drafted in right-wing activist Tommy Robinson for an advisory role on prison reform and rape gangs.

Theresa May has admitted she was wrong to say European Union citizens “jump the queue” under current migration rules, following a backlash from opponents.

The heads of Westminster’s opposition parties have demanded that they be included in any televised debate on Theresa May’s Brexit deal.

The British public would vote to leave the European Union again if the referendum were rerun tomorrow, Diane Abbott has said.

Plans to give every household a smart meter by 2020 will not be met, while the cost of the rollout will likely be higher than expected, the Government’s own spending watchdog has warned.

The Government failed to learn the lessons from past terror incidents ahead of the attacks which hit the UK last year, MPs have said.

NHS rapid response teams will be rolled-out in communities to care for elderly patients at home so hospital beds are not being held up unnecessarily, Theresa May has revealed.

Labour should hold an emergency conference to decide its next move on Brexit and include the option of cancelling it altogether, a trade union chief has said.

Labour’s sister party in Northern Ireland has accused Jeremy Corbyn of “taking the DUP line” on Brexit.

A Labour frontbencher today defied Jeremy Corbyn by saying a general election to break the Brexit deadlock was “not possible” - as he argued a fresh EU referendum was the only option.

Business groups have welcomed Theresa May’s draft Brexit agreement after months of warning about the danger of crashing out of the EU without a deal.

Theresa May’s Brexit deal is a “capitulation” and proves the Prime Minister never believed Brexit could be a success, her former joint-chief of staff has said.

The Government must launch a crackdown on hand car washes around the UK amid evidence they play a major role in the scourge of modern slavery, MPs have said.

Tenants and landlords could soon be able to settle their differences through a designated housing court, ministers have announced.

Westminster opposition party leaders have written a joint letter urging Theresa May to guarantee that MPs will be given a “meaningful vote” on the terms of Brexit.

Businesses who trade in food, chemical and animal products have been held back in their Brexit preparations because of “excessive secrecy at the centre of government”, MPs have said.

A Government minister has defended housing tsar Roger Scruton amid calls that he be ousted from his new role over a string of controversial comments.

Gordon Brown has swiped back at Jeremy Corbyn over his claim that Brexit cannot be stopped and said the Labour leader must follow party members’ wishes.

Donald Trump has been criticised by senior Tory MPs, including a defence minister, for cancelling a visit to a cemetery for American soldiers killed in the First World War because it was raining.

The army is on standby to help with the fallout of Britain leaving the European without a deal, the country's top general has declared.

Ex-soldiers will be guaranteed a home, mental health support and education and employment opportunities under a Labour government, Jeremy Corbyn has pledged.

Labour will work with MPs from across the Commons to bring down the option of Britain crashing out of the European Union without a deal, Keir Starmer has said.

Ireland’s deputy prime minister has urged Britain not to take for granted the chances of a breakthrough in Brexit negotiations in the coming days.

The Government is boosting its refrigerated capacity to store medicines in case Britain crashes out of the European Union without a deal, the Health Secretary has admitted.

The Government must scrap the freeze on welfare benefits or risk being punished by voters at the next election, senior Conservatives have warned.

Britain's universities regulator should rein in the "unjustifiably excessive" salaries of vice-chancellors, MPs have said.

Angry Conservative MPs have hit out at the Government for delaying a major clampdown on Fixed-Odds Betting Terminals.

Ending tuition fees would disproportionately benefit students from the wealthiest families over the least well-off, a major study has found.

The Speaker of the House of Lords has called on peers to respect the authority of the courts after Sir Philip Green was named in the House as the businessman behind an alleged sexual harassment scandal.

The state of the NHS in Wales is often used as a political football during debate at Westminster. But Vaughan Gething says the “political carpet bombing” of the health service is nothing new. As the Welsh Health Secretary vies to become the next First Minister, can he convince voters he is the candidate for renewal? He speaks to Nicholas Mairs

Former Cabinet minister Justine Greening has revealed that she could run to be the next Conservative party leader.

Jeremy Corbyn will today call on ministers to boost funding for children's services in Monday's Budget with a warning that cuts are putting children’s lives in danger.

More couples will be able to get married in pubs and restaurants, under plans set to be announced by Philip Hammond in an overhaul of outdated marriage rules.

Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has revealed that she has given birth to a boy.