Nicholas Mairs

The chief executive of Kensington and Chelsea Council has accused the Government of forcing him to quit over the Grenfell Tower fire.

Boris Johnson has ruled out mounting a Conservative party leadership challenge before Brexit talks are complete.

A DUP MP has batted away reports that his party are holding out for an extra £2bn for Northern Ireland in exchange for their support for the Tories.

Government borrowing fell by £0.3bn in May compared to last year, and to its lowest level since the global financial crash, new figures have revealed.

A new law which would introduce a publicly-funded advocate to act on behalf of families involved in a Hillsborough-style tragedy will be included in the Queen's Speech, PoliticsHome can reveal.

Sadiq Khan has warned Theresa May that she risks "fuelling mistrust" if she fails to include the local community at all stages of the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaster.

The DUP have been fined £4,000 for filing an ‘inaccurate’ spending return relating to the 2016 Northern Ireland Assembly elections.

The UK will begin negotiating the terms of its departure from the European Union this Monday, the Government has confirmed. 

Sinn Féin have warned Theresa May that a deal with the DUP could wreck hopes of power-sharing returning to Stormont.

Nicola Sturgeon has written to Theresa May to say the UK Government no longer has the mandate to take Britain out of the EU single market.

Labour’s chief whip has said a number of Jeremy Corbyn’s former critics within the party have told him they have changed their mind about the leader. 

Theresa May's new chief of staff has identified austerity and Brexit as key factors behind the Conservatives' general election losses.

Key parts of the Conservative election manifesto will be ditched after the party lost its Commons majority in the election, David Davis has admitted.

An SNP MP who lost his seat to Labour has criticised his party’s campaign for being “all over the shop”.

Theresa May has said the “wealth of talent and experience” appointed to the new Tory cabinet will deliver a successful Brexit and tackle key social issues.

Boris Johnson has publicly urged Conservative MPs to back Theresa May continuing as Prime Minister, hailing the number of votes the Tories won as a “stunning achievement”.

George Osborne has said Theresa May is a “dead woman talking” who will be forced to quit as Prime Minister sooner rather than later.

Jeremy Corbyn has said his party could vote down Theresa May's Queen’s speech due to be presented to Parliament on 19 June in a bid to form a Labour government.

The Government has been forced into a U-turn over claims a deal had been reached with the DUP, after the Northern Ireland party said talks would “continue” next week.

Jeremy Corbyn has received plaudits from a number of his fiercest in-house critics, after defying expectations to increase Labour’s seat haul.

Arlene Foster has said the DUP will use the ten seats they won at the election to bring “stability” to the UK, after the Conservatives failed to achieve an overall majority.

Nicola Sturgeon has said the SNP must reflect on a night of “bitterly disappointing losses” after losing some of its key Westminster figures.

Labour almost matched the Conservatives in big donations in the fourth week of the election campaign after the Tories dominated previous periods, new figures reveal. 

The final pre-election polls have pointed to a Conservative win in today’s general election – but they remain divided on whether the Tories are heading for a comfortable majority or a narrow victory.