Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has revealed that she has given birth to a boy.

Labour peer Lord Hain has defended his decision to out Topshop boss Sir Philip Green as the business mogul at the centre of an alleged harassment cover-up. 

IPSE, the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed, has today joined Tracy Brabin – Labour’s Shadow Minister for Early Years and MP for Batley and Spen – in calling for Shared Parental Leave (SPL) to be extended to the self-employed.

MPs on a powerful committee have accused the Government of ignoring the "unacceptable hardship" suffered by benefit claimants switching to the controversial Universal Credit system.

The debate over Universal Credit has been rumbling on for years with the pressure on Philip Hammond now at breaking point. But what is the debate all about? PoliticsHome explains. 

The Executive Director of the Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association (MIMA), the industry trade body for non-combustible insulation, writes in advance of #Budget2018 calling for a national programme of improving energy efficiency in homes which would also have health and wellbeing benefits.

Social media has contributed to the steep rise in self-harm among teenage girls, the Health Secretary Matt Hancock has claimed.

Britain is at risk of becoming a “two-speed society" thanks to a string of "alarming backward steps" on the equalities agenda, according to the government’s own watchdog.

IPSE, the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed, strongly supports Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable’s calls for a halt to the roll-out of Universal Credit (UC). To support the self-employed, IPSE particularly backs his calls to take fluctuating income into account and assess earnings not over one month but several.

Several Tory MPs have have backed a fresh bid to make abortion legal in Northern Ireland, piling pressure on the Government.

Liverpool is the fourth most deprived local authority areas in the UK, writes Luciana Berger MP, and it is time to give it the investment it needs in next week's budget. 

Ministers should treat pornography as a major public health issue to combat the harassment and abuse of women, MPs have said.

British Safety Council supports 2018 European Week for Safety and Health at Work

A post-Brexit hard border in Northern Ireland could put lives at risk, ministers have been warned, as new figures revealed that hundreds of emergency vehicles have crossed the frontier in the past two years.

International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt was interrupted by a charity whistleblower today as she hosted a conference on rooting out abuse in the aid sector.

The DUP's backing for Brexit has seen them backed into a constitutional corner, says Andrew McQuillan.

An accusation of bullying made against Labour frontbencher Valerie Vaz was not followed up by the party, it has emerged.

Ministers have been accused of presiding over a “shambles” after it was revealed they owe more than £1bn in back payments to tens of thousands of claimants who were underpaid.

John Bercow is the victim of a "witch-hunt" and should not be removed as Speaker over the Commons bullying row, Ken Clarke has said.

MPs have rejected a bid by Labour to force the Government to reveal its own assessment of the impact of Universal Credit.

John McDonnell has admitted he "longs for a united Ireland" but insisted it should not happen as a result of a botched Brexit.

Local authorities must do more to enable development within our existing communities, says NFB. 

Now is the time to fix these design flaws, so Universal Credit supports rather than punishes the self-employed, says Jordan Marshall, Policy Development Manager at IPSE.