Housing developers are using a legal loophole to dodge building affordable homes across the countryside, according to data analysed together for the first time by Shelter and the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE). 

John McDonnell has defended his decision to hang a plaque commemorating Irish republican "martyrs" in his constituency office.

A senior Sinn Féin MP has said the party will not take up its Westminster seats despite calls for them to take part in crucial Commons votes on Brexit.

Nicola Sturgeon has said she is “shocked and saddened” after a survey found one-fifth of Scottish parliament staff had experienced sexual harassment or sexist behaviour.

Ruth Davidson has condemned Boris Johnson’s ‘casual disregard’ over the fractious Irish border issue after he equated it to boundaries between London boroughs.

New rules that will allow councils to keep more revenue from business rates could cause a widening funding gap between different areas, a leading thinktank has claimed.  

Barrister and Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC) member, Zimran Samuel of Doughty Street Chambers, guest blogs on the strides made by the BHRC in addressing and protecting against the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). 

The National Federation of Builders (NFB) welcomes the approach taken by the Government in better assisting coastal communities. However, the NFB would encourage a review into whether there are any specific barriers stifling project deliverability, expressly if they relate to land use.

Former minister David Jones has accused Brussels of trying to annex Northern Ireland through its latest Brexit offer.

Philip Hammond has been criticised after he spoke about a summer night he spent on a beach during a Cabinet discussion on homelessness.

The row over post-Brexit customs arrangements on the island of Ireland has reignited after leaked plans look set to divide the UK.

Nationalists must not use Brexit as an excuse to split the UK apart, a top Cabinet minister warned today.

The average council tax bill is expected to increase by £107 this year, according to new research by the Local Government Association.

Ken Livingstone is not facing an imminent return to the Labour party, sources have revealed.

A Labour MP has been criticised for questioning the viability of the Good Friday Agreement.

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) predicts that the construction industry in Wales will grow faster than any other party of the UK.

Senior MPs are visiting universities to show Tory-supporting students that they will not be "scared away" by hard-left protestors, party chairman Brandon Lewis has revealed.

Low and middle income families are set to face income stagnation until 2020, a major thinktank has said.

The president of Sinn Féin has accused Theresa May of helping the DUP to slow down negotiations over forming a new executive in Northern Ireland.

The Law Commission is asking flat owners, housebuilders, mortgage lenders and lawyers to help shape a law which could help people own their flats outright.

Jeremy Corbyn has been warned that a bullying row which hit Labour at the weekend will cost the party votes in future elections.

A Labour MP was left “badly shaken up” after he was brutally mugged on his way home from Parliament last night.

The pressure on Theresa May’s leadership has increased with new polling showing the Tories are on course for heavy losses in London at the upcoming local elections.

Labour MP Toby Perkins writes ahead of his Westminster Hall debate later today on ‘Child to parent violence’ which affects 300,000 families in the UK and up to 30% of adoptive parents.