Labour will today try to force ministers to reveal the impact of Universal Credit on benefit claimants' incomes.

Lord Lucas says research around medical treatments for gender dysphoria in children is weak and more needs to be done to understand the "far-reaching and long-lasting consequences."

Commons Speaker John Bercow will stand down next summer, it has been reported, as he faced sharp criticism from MPs following a damning report on bullying in Parliament.

A  jibe about "crossing yourself" by a top Labour official risks losing the party Catholic voters, an MP has warned.

The roll-out of the Government’s troubled welfare policy, Universal Credit, has been delayed once again after a barrage of criticism from influential Tory MPs.

Ageism and misogyny could become hate crimes as part of a major legal shake-up, Sajid Javid will announce today.

Each winter there are over 30,000 ‘excess deaths’, many traceable to poor heating, says Hywel Williams MP, ahead of his Ten Minute Rule Motion today on Cold Weather Payments.

Women are turning to prostitution because of Universal Credit, according to a veteran MP.

Theresa May has said tackling loneliness is a “national mission” as the Government announced plans to plough millions of pounds into a new scheme to reduce it. 

Scottish Tory bigwigs Ruth Davidson and David Mundell have warned Theresa they will ditch their support for her Brexit strategy if it threatens “the integrity of our United Kingdom”, PoliticsHome can reveal.

Labour has today contested a claim by Cabinet minister Matt Hancock that he has received no complaints from constituents about the Universal Credit welfare scheme.

Shami Chakrabarti has slammed contraversial gagging clauses, allegedly forced on charities delivering Universal Credit and other Government welfare programmes.

Ministers could face a backlash over plans to overhaul transgender rights, as a new poll finds overwhelming opposition among Tory MPs.

Ministers have been accused of delaying a crackdown on rip-off leasehold agreements on new homes, after a fresh consultation was launched.

Dozens of Tory MPs have urged Philip Hammond to find extra cash in the Budget to help prop up the Universal Credit welfare scheme.

British policing is “still institutionally racist”, a senior officer admitted as he launched a new drive to boost the number of ethnically diverse recruits.

A no-deal Brexit could result in electricity blackouts across Northern Ireland, the Government has warned.

Tensions between the Conservatives and DUP burst into the open following suggestions that Theresa May could be replaced as Tory leader.

Esther McVey has admitted that benefit claimants moving on to Universal Credit "will be worse off" than under the old system, despite Theresa May insisting nobody would lose out.

We have a system which - from the outset - makes bold assumptions about equality of access to household income and does nothing to secure it for the most vulnerable. The results of that failure can be devastating, says Danielle Rowley MP.

Former Business & Treasury Minister and Tesco Director writes following her parliamentary question this week, on the proportion of goods sorted for recycling by households in England eventually ending up in landfill. 

Vince Cable will today tell housing bosses to rein in multi-million pound bonuses paid to chief executives - or risk facing a forced cap.

Ministers risk a public backlash like that against the poll tax under Margaret Thatcher if they fail to address concerns over Universal Credit, John Major has said.

Businesses could be forced to disclose the ethnic pay gap within its workforce as part of a government plan to tackle earnings disparities between white and ethnic minority employees.