Nicholas Mairs

Tory veteran Ken Clarke has slated the Government’s "silly" attempt to enshrine in law the day Britain must quit the European Union.

Nurses have urged Philip Hammond to hand them an above-inflation pay rise in next week's Budget after it emerged nearly three quarters believe they are worse off than in 2012.

Sadiq Khan has said crashing out of the European Union without a trade deal would leave London ‘less safe’ in the face of major crime threats.

A senior Labour figure has suggested Jeremy Corbyn was wrong to appear on Iranian state TV after it was suggested the party was being hypocritical in its condemnation of Boris Johnson.

Boris Johnson and Michael Gove have been accused of launching a ‘soft coup’ against Theresa May after they wrote her a letter detailing a series of Brexit demands.

Philip Hammond should take National Insurance payments from pensioners to help struggling millennials, a leading thinktank has said.

After Priti Patel was forced to step aside for spending her family holiday meeting Israeli politicians, Theresa May has once again been forced to tinker with her top team.

The pledge by Vote Leave to provide £350m a week for the NHS ahead of the Brexit referendum should be honoured, the head of England’s NHS is expected to say.

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian mother currently being held in an Iranian prison, has asked to meet with Boris Johnson amid scathing criticism of his handling of her case.

A top aide to Jeremy Corbyn has reportedly been suspended from Labour amid the storm surrounding sexual harassment allegations at Westminster.

Jeremy Corbyn has been accused of hypocrisy after two Labour-run local authorities are reported to have avoided paying millions of pounds of tax.

MPs have rounded on Boris Johnson after he refused to apologise for a major gaffe that could land a British mother five more years in an Iranian jail.

The Director-General of the BBC has urged the Government to consider increasing its funding for the broadcaster’s World Service, claiming it would raise Britain’s profile post-Brexit.

Labour has ramped up calls for the Universal Credit rollout to be paused after figures revealed foodbank use has gone up by a third in areas already operating under the system.

The UK could remain in the European single market by offering "modifications" regarding rules on migration, a new report has claimed.

A Tory MP and whip has referred himself to the police after allegations over his behaviour, Downing Street has confirmed.

A former Conservative activist has claimed her complaints over of an alleged rape by an MP’s employee were ignored by parliamentary authorities.

Theresa May will today lay out plans to create a "new chapter" for Britain’s economy following a decade of ‘weathering the storm’ from the financial crisis.

Mark Carney has said business investment in Britain is falling behind the rest of the world as a result of Brexit uncertainty.

Michael Gove has reportedly been added to Theresa May’s top team of strategists planning Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union.

US intelligence chiefs withheld a report which cast doubt over Saddam Hussein’s access to weapons of mass destruction, Gordon Brown has said.

More than half of Brits think Theresa May is handling Brexit talks badly – compared to a just under a year ago when the figure stood at a third, a new poll has suggested.

Priti Patel has sparked anger within the Tory party after it was reported she held a series of meetings with senior Israeli figures without telling the UK foreign office.

The Government has admitted that its plan to cut National Insurance Contributions for self-employed workers will be delayed for another year.

A former Shadow Cabinet member has been suspended by Labour over claims he sexually harassed a party activist two years ago.

The Government will be able to spend its £13bn foreign aid budget on British overseas territories hit by humanitarian crises, after changes to international rules agreed in Paris.

Plans to set a budget for Northern Ireland at Westminster have begun, although talks on resuming power-sharing are reportedly set to continue for another day.

Theresa May has offered her support to the United States following last night’s terror attack in New York which killed eight people.

Labour will stage a Commons vote in a bid to force the Government to hand over 58 reports into how Brexit will affect the UK.

Jeremy Corbyn and Gordon Brown are among the top Labour figures who today paid tribute to ex-MPs Candy Atherton and Frank Doran after they passed away.

An MP and former aide to Ed Miliband has hit out at Labour for inadequately vetting Jared O’Mara – saying he would not have become a candidate under the former leader.

Theresa May today said reports of sexual harassment by MPs are “deeply concerning” and has urged victims to go to the police.

The alleged leader of banned far-right group National Action has been charged with encouragement to commit murder in connection with an apparent plot to kill a Labour MP.

Just 10% of the UK public thinks leaving the EU without a trade deal would be a ‘good thing’, according to the latest YouGov poll.

Jeremy Corbyn is among more than 100 MPs calling on the Government to introduce “buffer zones” to protect women from abusive protestors outside abortion clinics.

The NHS must urgently heed warnings of threats to its computer systems or face an even larger cyberattack than the ‘WannaCry’ breach in May, the Government’s spending watchdog has warned.