The Scottish parliament is expected to refuse consent to the Government’s main Brexit bill later today, as MSPs continue to battle UK ministers over devolved powers.

Ireland’s deputy prime minister has all-but rejected the customs proposal being pushed by pro-Brexit MPs in Theresa May's Cabinet.

The cost of the housing benefit bill is set to rise steeply as more pensioners are forced to rent in their retirement, a think tank has revealed.

Blue Cross is pleased to see that the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Efra) is launching an inquiry into the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991. 

Theresa May has agreed to widen the inquiry panel looking into the deadly Grenfell Tower fire - after previously ruling out such a move.

Defiant John Bercow has dropped a strong hint he intends to stay on as Speaker for another four years despite claims he bullied parliamentary staff.

The system of monthly income assessments used to determine Universal Credit (UC) punishes the self-employed and should be scrapped in favour of yearly calculations, IPSE, the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed, has today said. 

Almost 80% of builders are calling for more regulation in the construction industry to end the tyranny of cowboy builders, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

Disagreement over the future of an inquiry into killings that happened during the Northern Irish Troubles caused a Cabinet “spat” yesterday, it has been reported.

A Labour frontbencher has been sacked over allegations of workplace bullying.

The Chief Executives of the Campaign to Protect Rural England & Hastoe Housing Association writes that the draft text of the revised NPPF continues to turn its back on the principles of community-led planning, and fails to take the specific needs of rural communities into account.

Former shadow cabinet minister Heidi Alexander has announced she will stand down as an MP to take up the role of London's deputy mayor for transport.

Commenting on the findings of the Mortgage Market Study, published today by FCA, Paul Broadhead, Head of Mortgage Policy at the BSA said:

The government has broken a promise to cut soaring numbers of children being “farmed out” to children’s homes vast distances from where they live, says Ann Coffey MP.

The Government should hand £10,000 to all 25-year-olds to help them onto the housing ladder and reduce unfairness between the generations, powerful public figures have said.

The SNP's Mhairi Black has said Jeremy Corbyn told her he backs Scotland becoming an independent country in a private conversation.

Ministers are looking into giving grandparents an effective legal right to see their grandchildren following a divorce between parents.

A fresh Labour anti-Semitism row has erupted after a senior frontbencher accused the party’s former general secretary of failing to tackle the problem.

The Conservative austerity programme has “almost certainly” increased the death rate in Britain, Jeremy Corbyn has declared.

Commons Speaker John Bercow's behaviour is "unworthy of someone in such public office", according to a former senior Westminster official.

Labour MPs have leapt to the defence of Sajid Javid, after the new Conservative Home Secretary was targeted for "unacceptable" online abuse by "vile" Twitter trolls.

Commenting on the announcement that James Brokenshire MP has been appointed the new Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Brian Berry, Chief Executive of the FMB, said: 

Following Sajid Javid’s appointment as home secretary, Theresa May has nominated James Brokenshire MP as the new secretary of state for housing, communities and local government. 

Ahead of her Lord's question on the impact of the benefit cap on child and family wellbeing, Baroness Lister writes about the topic for PoliticsHome.