Jeremy Corbyn has hit out at Theresa May's "alarming" decision to promote Esther McVey to the Cabinet.

Boris Johnson has rounded on Virgin Trains over its "absurd" and "ridiculous" decision to stop selling the Daily Mail on its services.

A close ally of Jeremy Corbyn has urged Labour local authorities to look at massive hikes in council tax to fight back against cuts to services.

Tough new standards governing ministers' behaviour have been introduced in the wake of the sexual harassment scandals which claimed the scalps of Sir Michael Fallon and Damian Green.

Theresa May has appointed Dominic Raab, MP for Esher and Walton, as minister of state for housing and planning.

If further urgent changes are not made to the Government’s new benefit, Universal Credit, homelessness will skyrocket and the private rental sector will prove even more resistant to tenants on benefits, says Lib Dem Welfare spokesman Stephen Lloyd MP.

FMB comment on the change to Sajid Javid MP title.

Theresa May's reshuffle sparked a row after a Conservative MP who opposed moves to relax abortion laws was made the party's vice-chair for women.

Landlords are still wary of renting to tenants receiving Universal Credit despite government attempts to make sure they get their rent, the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has said.

James Brokenshire has dramatically quit as Northern Ireland Secretary for health reasons.

The Grenfell Tower inquiry has cancelled its contract with a major auditing company after campaigners, including MPs, raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest.

A Sinn Fein MP has been condemned after he was accused of mocking the killing of ten Protestant workmen by the IRA in the 1970s.

Campaigners have hit out after it emerged that MPs accused of sexual harassment may only have to apologise to their victims.

A Conservative council leader who ordered police to crackdown on homelessness in Windsor ahead of the royal wedding should be sacked from a key housing role, Labour has said.

Theresa May has slapped down the leader of Windsor and Maidenhead Council over the local authority’s controversial crackdown on street homelessness ahead of the royal wedding. 

Ukip leader Henry Bolton has told party members his new relationship with a model in her 20s must not distract from their “vital mission”.

Homeless people will be among the main beneficiaries of government plans to spend £330m of cash currently lying dormant in bank accounts. 

A right-wing commentator who landed a plum job with a new universities watchdog was today forced to delete thousands of his tweets after some of his past comments sparked anger.

Boris Johnson has defended Toby Young’s appointment to the board of the new universities regulator, accusing critics of a "ridiculous outcry".

The SNP's deputy leader at Westminster has claimed that voters “don’t give two hoots” about Scottish independence.

Labour has called on Theresa May to sack Toby Young from his new post with the universities regulator over past comments the party said amounted to “homophobia” and “misogyny”.

More than 11,000 houses across the UK have stood empty for the last ten years, whilst the number of people sleeping on the streets has soared, according to new research.

Around 300,000 people are missing out on state benefits by failing to claim the money they are entitled to, a new report has revealed.

TV doctor and peer Lord Robert Winston has backed calls for hospitals to offer free parking for patients and their visitors.