Dan Jarvis will run to be the first mayor of South Yorkshire, PoliticsHome can reveal.

The Hackitt Review interim report makes promising noises, but public safety requires more than the “status-quo plus”, says ROCKWOOL International Senior Vice President, Gilles Maria.

Jeremy Corbyn today promised to buy thousands of homes in a bid to fix the homelessness crisis in Britain if he wins power.

Jeremy Corbyn has teed up a huge row with Labour feminists by insisting transgender people who want to stand on all-women shortlists should be allowed to do so.

Dozens of Labour council leaders in England and Wales have signed a letter rebuking the party's ruling body over its order to halt a housing scheme in north London.

Theresa May must “name a date” at which she plans to stand down or risk being toppled by her MPs, a Conservative former chairman has said.

"Dodgy" companies that issue parking fines could be forced out of business as tough new standards are imposed, the Communities Secretary has said. 

Michael Gove has leapt to the defence of a minister who attended a men-only charity event at which female members of staff were allegedly groped and sexually harassed.

New research from the Chartered Management Institute has found that 85% of women and 80% of men have witnessed gender-discriminatory acts at work. 

A Department for Education board member has resigned his post after reports that women were "groped and harassed" at a men-only charity dinner he organised.

Prior to its collapse last week, Carillion had been providing substandard service in many of its contracts, says Chris Evans MP.

Nicola Sturgeon has accused senior Conservative politicians of ‘peddling fake news' amid a row over reports that the Union Flag will no longer be flown over dozens of buildings in Scotland.

Labour’s ruling body has called on Haringey Council to pause a controversial housing project after it was opposed by left-wing pressure group Momentum. 

MPs have lashed out at Nicola Sturgeon after the SNP administration said the Union Flag will no longer be flown over dozens of buildings in Scotland on the Queen’s birthday.

The chair of the women and equalities committee has called for the law to be strengthened after reports emerged of female staff being “groped and harassed” at a men-only charity dinner. 

Labour has scrapped plans to charge black and ethnic minority members less for tickets to a conference after an equalities watchdog said it was "unlawful".

Suspended Labour activist Jackie Walker has suggested allegations of anti-Semitism made against members of the party are being orchestrated by opponents of Jeremy Corbyn.

Conservative MP Ben Bradley has said he “cocked it up” when he wrote that unemployed people should get vasectomies.

Labour faces a probe by equalities watchdogs into whether it broke the law by offering cheaper rally tickets to black and ethnic minority members.

Philip Hammond must lift restrictions on councils and let them borrow as much as they need to meet government housebuilding targets, an influential committee of MPs has declared.

John McDonnell has refused to apologise for repeating an offensive remark about new Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey.

A powerful group representing Jewish Labour members has accused the party of failing to deal with a “vast backlog” of anti-Semitism complaints. 

Philip Hammond is allowing the armed forces to shrink in a dangerous pursuit of votes at the next election, the chair of the Defence Select Committee has suggested. 

The Work and Pensions secretary has announced a major U-turn over disability payments.