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.

Artificial intelligence will be used to launch a major crackdown on gangs cheating the benefits system, ministers have announced.

A new strategy to help kids with alcoholic parents could be a New Year’s lifeline for thousands experiencing what I and so many others have gone through, says Jon Ashworth MP.

Councils are being forced to divert resources into supporting Universal Credit claimants, Labour has revealed. 

Rogue landlords face being banned from the private rented sector as part of a raft of measures announced by the Government aimed at helping tenants.

Top Tory Nicky Morgan has rebuked Formula 1 star Lewis Hamilton for his controversial remarks about his nephew wearing a dress.

2018 might be the year that the Companies House processes are reviewed to stop someone’s previous gender being outed because of a form they’ve completed in the past says Nicky Morgan MP.

West Midlands Mayor, Andy Street, has said access to the single market and customs union post-Brexit is vital for UK businesses. 

Some 70 Labour councillors have piled pressure on Jeremy Corbyn to promise Brits a rethink on Brexit.

The Government is to launch a new service giving more vulnerable children the chance to attend some of the country’s top independent and state boarding schools.

Damian Green has been accused of launching a ‘dirty tricks’ campaign against the woman who accused him of sexual misconduct after a text exchange between the pair was leaked.

Theresa May has insisted she knew nothing of the sex allegations against sacked Damian Green before they appeared in the press last month.

Downing Street knew in 2016 about “a pattern of behaviour” by sacked Damian Green, the woman at the centre of the sex claims against him has said.

The Houses of Parliament could go up in flames like "another Grenfell Tower" unless MPs agree to urgently refurbish it, the official in charge of its security has warned.

Today the High Court ruled that changes to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) regulations introduced in March 2017 were "blatantly discriminatory" against people with mental health conditions.

 

Mind, the mental health charity, have responded to the High Court ruling on changes to PIP.

Damian Green says he has been ‘overwhelmed’ with supportive messages from friends, colleagues and constituents since he was sacked from Cabinet for lying over a porn scandal.