A prominent Labour MP has hit out at the appointment of an "upper middle-class, white man" without experience of life in a tower block estate to lead the Grenfell Tower inquiry.

The Conservatives paid for DUP leader Arlene Foster to fly back to Northern Ireland on an RAF jet after she agreed a deal to prop up the minority Tory government, it has emerged. 

Theresa May has held talks with DUP leader Arlene Foster and Sinn Fein’s Michelle O'Neill as the UK Government steps up the pressure for a deal on a Northern Irish power-sharing executive. 

Theresa May has criticised the Tory leader of Kensington and Chelsea Council after he closed down a meeting on the Grenfell Tower fire when a judge ruled that journalists must be allowed to attend.

Holyrood ministers are to lift the 1% cap pay rises for Scottish public sector workers - as the UK government continues to hold out against a change.

Ministers have given the DUP and Sinn Féin more time to reach a deal on power-sharing at Stormont after they failed to meet the deadline of 4pm today.

A top Labour frontbencher has hit out after it emerged a local council meeting about the Grenfell Tower tragedy will exclude both victims and journalists.

The appalling attacks on our way of life in Manchester and London changed the mood of the country and the tragic Grenfell Tower fire in Kensington has left an indelible mark, says David Isaac, Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

A “very high number” of people with disabilities and mental health problems are being forced to use food banks, a devastating new report has concluded.

The Government has hinted at a concession to allow Northern Irish women to access free abortions on the NHS in England. 

The DUP could receive more than £1 million set aside to help opposition parties despite entering into a voting pact with the Government, PoliticsHome has learned.

Mark Atkinson, Chief Executive of disability charity Scope, said: 

John McDonnell has come under fire from Labour colleagues about his claim that the Grenfell Tower victims were “murdered” by political decisions.

Dods Monitoring consultants Sabine Tyldesley & Kerri Blyberg summarise the political updates which have followed the Grenfell Tower disaster and highlight some of the next steps for the families of the victims and survivors.  

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.