Michael Fallon has admitted he had to apologise to a journalist for putting his hand on her knee during a dinner.

John Bercow has said “there is a need for change” in parliament as the pressure to tackle sexual harassment by MPs continued to build.

A Labour MP has said she was sexually harassed by a male MEP at the European Parliament when she was in her 20s.

Pressure is mounting on a government minister accused of making his secretary buy sex toys after Downing Street refused to say Theresa May retains confidence in him.

A newly elected Tory MP has accused Labour members of attempting to harass his family.

Shami Chakrabarti has called for the Today programme to apologise after Michael Gove made a joke on the programme about disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein.

Victims of domestic violence will be allowed to skip the queue for long-term social housing, under government plans.

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.