Responding to a landmark report analysing government efforts to increase social mobility over the last 20 years, Kevin Watkins, Chief executive of Save the Children said:

Nicola Sturgeon has ditched her plan for a snap referendum on Scottish independence – just three months after demanding it be held by spring 2019.

A DUP MP last night mocked Sinn Fein over the £1.5bn deal between his party and the Conservatives as the future of the power sharing executive at Stormont hangs in the balance.

A British husband and wife, refused permission to adopt a child because of their ‘cultural heritage’, are taking their fight to court.

Theresa May has said there needs to be a "major national investigation" after it emerged the number of tower blocks with Grenfell-style combustible cladding has risen to 95.

A senior SNP MP has hinted at a twenty-year timeframe for Scotland to become independent, as Nicola Sturgeon prepares to make a statement on her plans for another referendum. 

The £1bn deal between Theresa May and the DUP is a “small price to pay” to prevent a return to brutal violence in Northern Ireland, Michael Fallon said today.

A deal between the Conservatives and the DUP prop up Theresa May's government could wreck the Good Friday Agreement, according to Gerry Adams.

Theresa May has been accused of giving the DUP a £1bn "bung" in order to cling onto office.

The Conservative Party and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) have officially signed a confidence and supply agreement to prop up a minority Conservative Government.

A former Labour minister has distanced herself from John McDonnell’s claim that the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire were “murdered by political decisions”.

Who gets what out of the DUP's deal with the Conservative government?

The full statement from DUP leader Arlene Foster after signing a confidence-and-supply deal with the Conservatives.

Theresa May has secured a deal with the DUP to prop up her minority Conservative government.​

Conservative election strategist Lynton Crosby urged Theresa May to hold a fresh Scottish independence referendum ahead of Brexit, it has been revealed.

The former SNP leader Gordon Wilson died this morning after a short illness, the party has confirmed.

The number of high rise buildings found to have combustible cladding has risen to 34, Government tests launched in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy have revealed.

Survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire will be given priority for discretionary housing payments, the Government has said.

The number of high rise buildings found to have combustible cladding in light of the Grenfell Tower disaster has risen to eleven, Sajid Javid has revealed.

Speaking at the Social Mobility Employer Index launch event, Education Secretary Justine Greening called for social mobility to be “right at the heart of everyone’s agenda.”

Government tests conducted in light of the Grenfell Tower disaster have found a further seven high-rise residential buildings have combustible cladding installed. 

The Conservatives could go into the next general election with a fresh pledge to scrap the triple lock guaranteeing a decent rise in the state pension every year, new Work and Pensions Secretary David Gauke has revealed.

Wondering what to expect from the DUP? Mark Leftly gets chapter and verse from politicians who have had direct dealings with Northern Ireland’s power party

Any deal between the Conservatives and DUP is a chance to remind everyone about how much Northern Ireland has changed, writes historian Lord Bew