Dods Monitoring’s Lizzie Hendy marks the 50th anniversary since the Sexual Offences Act 1967 came into force, reflects on how far LGBT legal rights have come and suggests which changes are still needed.

The NFB, representing small to medium-sized builders, contractors and house builders across England and Wales, calls on the government to take action on late payment and points out construction SMEs are currently owed more that £30 billion in unpaid invoices. 

Scotland’s notional deficit fell by £1.3bn last year, official Scottish government statistics have revealed.

Chris Grayling has told northern political leaders that it is their responsibility to produce plans for new transport networks across the country. 

Ireland's prime minister has taken a fresh swipe at Theresa May over her plans for a "frictionless" border in Ireland after Brexit.

The Government has said it is on track to offer 200,000 households 30 hours of free childcare per week this autumn – despite technical difficulties delaying 2,600 applications. 

Ireland's prime minister has said he is “confused and puzzled” about what Britain wants from its future trading relationship with the European Union.

George Osborne has challenged the Government to prove it is “truly committed” to regional regeneration by backing high-speed rail between northern cities. 

Scotland 'holds the keys' to Labour returning to government at Westminster, Jeremy Corbyn has said.

A row has broken out after two Conservative councillors who were suspended over anti-Catholic and racist tweets were re-instated to the party.

Almost a third of British Jews say they have considered leaving the country in the last two years, a new survey has revealed.

Liam Fox wants the power to bypass the Scottish and Welsh government when agreeing free trade deals after Brexit, according to a report.

The only way we will increase the number of new homes we are building is if Ministers act now to implement measures in the Government’s Housing White Paper aimed at removing barriers to small house builders, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

Liberal Democrat deputy leader Jo Swinson was today facing “serious questions” after thousands of pounds were omitted from her election expenses.

Jeremy Corbyn has accused Theresa May of being more interested in protecting the Conservatives' reputation than delivering justice for the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire.

Jeremy Corbyn has said Sarah Champion was wrong to "label a whole community” over child abuse crimes.

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced a new Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) for London which aims to deliver faster planning permissions by bypassing burdensome viability assessments.

We all know that Britain has a 'traditional outlook' when it comes to housebuilding: aside from a few modernisations, we have built more or less in the same way for hundreds of years.

Sarah Champion has resigned from Labour's frontbench over an article for The Sun in which she claimed Britain "has a problem" with Pakistani men raping white girls.

Sajid Javid has become the first Cabinet minister to condemn Donald Trump’s latest comments drawing equivalence between white supremacists and anti-fascist campaigners. 

More than 100 MPs have condemned The Sun and called for action over “Nazi-like language” in a column about Muslims this week.

Kensington MP Emma Dent Coad has said the terms of the inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire amount to a “betrayal” of the victims.

The Grenfell Tower public inquiry has published its terms of reference and officially begins work today. 

More than 55,000 people in Theresa May’s constituency will have to work for longer as a result of the Government’s decision to raise the state pension age, Labour has revealed.