Ministers are considering extra tax rises on older members of the public to pay for elderly care, it has emerged.

Supporters of Jeremy Corbyn were handed a boost today as they ousted the longest serving Labour mayor in the country.

There is no way to avoid a hard border in Northern Ireland after Brexit under the Government's current proposals for solving the issue, MPs have said.

Nicola Sturgeon has said the stalemate over what happens to powers relating to devolved areas when they return from Brussels after Brexit could be settled in the coming weeks.

Fewer than half of Scots want a fresh independence referendum within the next three years even though most think Brexit will harm the economy, according to a poll.

Government changes to taxes and social security will condemn future generations to poverty, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has warned.

Theresa May will meet Nicola Sturgeon and Carwyn Jones today in a bid to end the impasse with the devolved administrations over Brexit. 

Labour has lost a bid to stop more than one million children missing out on free school meals.

The Government is launching a new £50m fund to support integration and bring together what one minister calls Britain’s “divided” communities.

Despite an increasingly ageing population and an equally-high demand, just over 2,000 bungalows were built in 2017.

Philip Hammond and John McDonnell have clashed in the Commons today in a heated exchange over historic bullying claims.

A charity with a unique formula for keeping veterans off the streets put its system to the test recently with the help of some Army chefs. 

Homeless Link’s Annual Review 2017 provides insights into the state of the homelessness sector.

Sadiq Khan has highlighted some of the anti-Muslim abuse he receives on Twitter.

There will never be sufficient progress addressing the housing challenge without the private and public sectors working more closely together, says Joe Garner, Chief Executive, Nationwide Building Society.

Tory MPs rounded on Commons Speaker John Bercow as he chaired a debate on bullying sparked by allegations made against him and other parliamentarians.

Labour MP Karl Turner has rejected claims that he “slapped” a female party member’s bottom and made misogynistic remarks about her.

Education Secretary Damian Hinds will promise teachers that there will be no changes to primary tests, GCSEs or A-Levels for the next four years.

Theresa May is “concerned” over allegations of bullying made against the House of Commons Speaker John Bercow, Number 10 has said.

Jeremy Corbyn has dismissed a claim by John McDonnell that he left a controversial Facebook group after seeing anti-Semitic content posted by other members.

Boris Johnson has predicted there may need to be “minimal controls" at the Irish border after Brexit.

Scottish Labour bosses have blocked a crunch vote on the party's Brexit policy amid claims they were heading for an embarrassing defeat.

DUP leader Arlene Foster today accused ex-prime ministers Tony Blair and John Major of “throwing threats of violence around” in their Brexit warnings about the Northern Ireland border.

Ministers are set to amend rules over which powers should be devolved to the Scottish and Welsh governments after Brexit - even if the proposals are not backed by the administrations.