Labour's attempts to get to grips with its anti-semitism crisis descended into farce after MPs were told a key ally of Jeremy Corbyn was being put in charge of the party's complaints process.

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Amber Rudd has announced changes to the disability assessments in order to receive Personal Independent Payment (PIP) and Universal Credit (UC).

Disabled pensioners will no longer be forced to undertake reassessments of their health in order to claim disability benefits, Amber Rudd is to announce.

A Labour councillor has been suspended by the party after she joked about "Jew process" in a discussion about anti-semitism.

Labour has hit out at the Government after it emerged local councils have been forced to sell off libraries and playgrounds to tackle funding shortfalls.

Workers who sign gagging orders with their employers will still be able to report harassment and abuse to police under a change to the law unveiled by Theresa May.

Theresa May has been accused of "bribing MPs" to back her Brexit deal as she unveiled a £1.6bn cash boost aimed at deprived English regions that voted to leave the EU.

Labour has finally suspended Chris Williamson over his latest anti-semitism row - just hours after insisting they were not going to.

Chris Williamson will not be suspended by Labour after he claimed the party had been "too apologetic" about its anti-semitism problem.

Labour MP Tan Dhesi writes ahead of his Westminster Hall debate on the future of the Department for International Development and states: "If we are going to proclaim to the world that we are a charitable nation, upholding high moral and ethical standards, we cannot then tie charity to trade".

A controversial Labour MP has been rapped by party bosses for hosting a film in Parliament about an activist accused of anti-semitism.

Tom Watson has called on Labour MPs to notify him personally when they make complaints to party bosses about anti-semitism, racism or bullying by party members.

Jeremy Corbyn has said that Sajid Javid’s decision to remove Islamic State schoolgirl Shamima Begum of her UK citizenship is “extreme” and that she needs “support”.

The Government has released its housing delivery test results, which shows that a third of local authorities are failing to address the housing crisis.

The Government should hike taxes on online giants like Amazon to prevent high streets becoming “ghost towns”, MPs have declared.

Increasing numbers of hungry children are going without a daily nutritious hot meal, says Lord Bassam.

The number of children living in poverty is set to hit a record high by 2022 unless ministers drop their plans for further welfare cuts, a leading think tank has warned.

Angela Smith has been forced to apologise after she used a racist slur just hours after she quit Labour to join a new bloc of independent MPs.

Tom Watson has launched an outspoken attack on "hard left" Labour members after seven MPs quit the party to sit as independents.

Tory eurosceptics are set to rebel in a key Commons vote over their fears the Government is preparing to rule out a no-deal Brexit.

Boris Johnson is the Tory most at risk of being booted out of parliament by voters angry at the Government's handling of the housing crisis, PoliticsHome can reveal.

Labour bigwigs Tom Watson and Ian Lavery have had a huge bust-up over the party's attempts to tackle anti-semitism among some of its members, PoliticsHome has learned.

Labour MPs have accused the party leadership of hiding the true scale of anti-semitism among its members.

Labour expelled 12 party members for anti-semitism after considering hundreds of complaints, it has been announced.