HM Revenue & Customs are blocking celebrities from receiving honours if they’re found to be avoiding tax, it has been reported.

A senior Labour council leader has demanded an investigation into "bullying and intimidation" in the party.

Ministers are set to ban the sale of highly-caffeinated energy drinks to children in a bid to clamp down on childhood obesity and disruptive behaviour.

Local Housing Allowance, for some, is what keeps them from the streets – the streets that charities like Veterans Aid are trying to ‘rescue’ them from, says Dr Hugh Milroy, CEO Veterans Aid.

Labour bosses have been criticised amid claims the party is preparing to finally adopt the globally-recognised definition of anti-Semitism.

The freeze on housing benefit for private renters is increasing the risk of "poverty and homelessness", ministers have been warned.

A former chief rabbi has said an address by Jeremy Corbyn in which he claimed British Zionists have "no sense of English irony" was "the most offensive" by a leading politician since Enoch Powell's infamous "rivers of blood" speech.

Labour has denied claims the party plans to throw out any allegations of anti-Semitism deemed "vexatious" and designed to smear Jeremy Corbyn.

Jacob Rees-Mogg has been criticised by Ireland’s deputy prime minister after he said “inspections” on the border such as those during the Troubles could be brought back after Brexit.

Former SNP leader Alex Salmond today insisted he had not “sexually harassed anyone” after he vowed to take the Scottish government to court over allegations against him.

The poorest and the most vulnerable, those with the least power, are the most likely to be trapped in substandard accommodation, says Karen Buck MP.  

Business Secretary Greg Clark has held urgent talks with the Irish government amid fears the electricity supply in Northern Ireland could be hit by a no-deal Brexit, it has been reported.

The Jewish Labour Movement has refused to deliver anti-Semitism training at this year’s annual conference in Liverpool, claiming that party leaders tried to “censor’ its programme.

Thousands of children in care are being left without adequate support from local authorities, a new report has found.

Matt Thomson, Head of Planning at the Campaign to Protect Rural England, said:

The Government has released statistics detailing how many people who need support from benefits are being sanctioned – having their financial support cut or stopped entirely because they’re not able to do the things that are being asked of them, such as attend appointments with a work coach or Jobcentre Plus advisor.

The National Federation of Builders (NFB) welcomes the papers approach to solving existing social housing problems but warns that proposed changes do not go far enough. 

An education charity has distanced itself from Boris Johnson after he said women who wear burqas looked like “letter boxes” and “bank robbers”.   

The Government has published the long-awaited Green Paper on social housing, setting out what the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government intends to do to improve social housing for tenants. Social housing is accommodation provided to those who need it by local authorities and charities if they’re affected by issues such as low income or disability.

Jeremy Corbyn has refused to apologise for his attendance at a controversial memorial service honouring suspected Palestinian terrorists.

Dr Hugh Milroy, Chief Executive of Veterans Aid responds to the Government's announcement on social housing. 

Social housing tenants will be given the right to buy as little as 1% of their council homes each year in a bid to boost home ownership, ministers have announced.

Commenting on the government's announcement of a strategy to tackle homelessness, George McNamara, Director of Policy and Influencing at Independent Age, the older people’s charity, released the following statement.

Prevention of rough sleeping is better than cure, but consensus on how this should best be achieved, and a willingness on the part of all parties to embrace change and eschew traditional (and territorial!) approaches, is vital, says Dr Hugh Milroy, Chief Executive, Veterans Aid.