The mineral products industry needs to continue to invest through the whole supply chain says Mineral Products Association’s Jerry McLaughlin

The leader of Northern Ireland’s SDLP has called on Labour to support the UK staying a full member of the single market and customs union.

Sajid Javid has announced plans for a streamlined rental complaints system allowing tenants to seek help over shoddy housing and squalid conditions.

Councils are struggling to keep children living in violent homes safe due to cuts, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.

Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Smith has hit out at a senior Tory's decision to invite a controversial loyalist to give evidence before a Commons committee.

Lincolnshire’s beautiful churches are getting a major boost thanks to a £48,800 National Lottery grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). 

A row has broken out after a controversial loyalist was invited to give evidence to a Commons committee.

Theresa May should stop "pussyfooting around" and impose direct rule from Westminister on Northern Ireland, Lord Trimble has declared.

Some MPs are probably involved in the abuse of children, an influential Labour backbencher has claimed. 

Labour has called for Theresa May's "direct involvement" in last-ditch talks to get power-sharing up and running again at Stormont.

Hopes of establishing a new executive in Northern Ireland have been dashed after DUP leader Arlene Foster pulled her party out of cross-party talks.

MPs have expressed their shock and dismay after a suspected rough sleeper was found dead just yards from the entrance to Parliament.

The Work and Pensions Committee has today (Wednesday 14 February 2018) released its full report on benefits assessments for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Personal Independence Payments (PIP).

Scope has commented on the Work and Pensions select committee's report on disability benefit claimants' experiences, which found a "pervasive lack of trust" and assesssment reports "riddled with errors".

MPs have delivered a scathing verdict on the assessment system for disability benefits, warning it is having an "untenable human cost" on claimants. 

DUP leader Arlene Foster has branded Theresa May’s attempt to reach a power-sharing agreement in Northern Ireland a “distraction”.

Britain’s longest serving mayor, Sir Robin Wales, is facing a deselection fight as he pursues an unprecedented fifth term at the helm of the borough that hosted the London Olympics.

MPs will look at whether non-disclosure agreements are being used by employers to cover up harassment, as part of a wider inquiry into workplace culture.

Theresa May has urged Sinn Fein and the DUP to make "one final push" to reach a power-sharing agreement at the Stormont Assembly.

A minister charged with promoting the Government's new shared parental leave policy has admitted he is not actually entitled to take time off to look after his own baby.

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

Ministers will investigate claims made by Priti Patel that government officials ignored warnings over sex abuse by charity staff.

Theresa May will visit Northern Ireland today as the parties in the Stormont Assembly try to break a year of political deadlock and form a power-sharing executive.

A hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic would be a “clear and present danger to the peace process,” the Irish government's EU spokesman has warned.