The Government is reportedly preparing for a major U-turn on the controversial Universal Credit system at the Budget next month.

A legal loophole allowing separated parents to dodge child maintenance payments will be closed within months, the Government has announced.

Theresa May is under fresh pressure after it emerged she is given weekly updates on the sexual indiscretions of Conservative MPs - including senior ministers.

A government minister made his female personal assistant buy sex toys while he waited for her outside, it has been claimed.

Michael Gove has been forced to apologise after a joke he made about disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein sparked fury.

Spain’s central government last night dissolved the Catalan parliament and called snap local elections, in response to the region’s declaration of independence.

Theresa May today said reports of sexual harassment by MPs are “deeply concerning” and has urged victims to go to the police.

A report by the Work and Pensions committee has piled pressure on Theresa May to bring down the six-week waiting time for new Universal Credit claimants.

A government committee is mulling over whether to strip disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein of his CBE, it has been reported.

Theresa May has given fresh assurances to the DUP that she will work to ensure that the 4000 jobs under threat at Bombardier’s Belfast plant are secured.

The Government has announced that it will scrap controversial proposals to cap housing benefit cap for peoepl living in supported accommodation.  

A cross-party group of over 100 MPs have called for "urgent action" from Oxford and Cambridge universities to boost disadvantaged student numbers.

A top Labour MP last night called for Jared O’Mara to be suspended from the party during an official investigation into an alleged sexist incident.

Labour has rebuked Work and Pensions Secretary David Gauke for failing to attend an emergency debate on the controversial Universal Credit system.

Labour has launched an official investigation into Jared O’Mara amid a storm over sexist and racist comments he made in the past.

The Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association (MIMA) has submitted its response and recommendations to the call for evidence from the Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety, led by Dame Judith Hackitt.

A Labour MP who made a series of sexist and homophobic remarks has said football and lad culture “warped” his mind when he was a young man.

Ahead of a Westminster Hall debate this afternoon, Caroline Spelman MP says it’s in everyone’s interest that all refugees are able to learn English – and women must have the same opportunity as men.

The Prime Minister’s announcements have shown that social housing and house-building are firmly back at the top of the Government’s agenda, says NHF Chief Executive, David Orr.

A Tory peer has revealed an MP stroked her neck while she drove when she was 22.

A cross-party group of peers is challenging the Government to fulfil a manifesto promise to give struggling families “breathing space” to deal with their debts.

According to reports from the Sun newspaper, Communities’ Secretary Sajid Javid has demanded an extra £50 billion from the Treasury in order to fund a new house building programme.

The Communities Secretary has called on the Chancellor to borrow an extra £50bn to build new homes, according to reports. 

Sajid Javid has said the Government would consider taking on more debt to solve the UK’s housing crisis.