Cabinet ministers are reportedly preparing to confront Theresa May amid the growing prospect of a Government defeat over the UK’s customs arrangements with the EU after Brexit.

Local authorities are reportedly sitting on hundreds of millions of pounds in funds earmarked for affordable housing.

John McDonnell has said Labour would shake up HM Revenue & Customs in the wake of a row over the tax authority’s handling of an investigation into a major Conservative party donor.

The UK risks a "disorderly" Brexit unless a deal can be thrashed out on the future of the Irish border, Michel Barnier has warned.

Pro-Brexit Tory MPs have reportedly warned Theresa May she faces a possible vote of no confidence if she concedes to rebel MPs over a customs union with the EU. 

Ministers remain "confident" that they can reach a deal with the EU to avoid a hard Irish border, despite claims that Brussels has already rejected their proposals as "unworkable".

Jeremy Corbyn has announced a green paper, entitled ‘Housing for the Many’, setting out the Labour Party’s strategy to fix the housing crisis. 

Theresa May has been dealt another blow after the European Union rejected out of hand the Government's proposals for avoiding a hard border in Ireland after Brexit.

More than half of small building firms say that rising material prices are squeezing their margins and the same percentage have had to pass these price increases onto consumers, according to the latest research by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

The Good Friday Agreement is not "cast in stone" and could be amended in the future, according to the Tory chair of the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee.

The average cost of the ‘poverty premium’ in 2017 was £490 per household per year, according to research by Bristol University.  The poverty premium is when low income households pay more for essential goods and services.  Bristol University estimate that low income households pay an additional £55.00 a year to access high cost credit and £9.00 a year to access money.  These are costs that low-income households can’t afford.

David Cameron has insisted he does not regret calling the referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union that cost him his job as Prime Minister.

Peers have delivered a blow to Theresa May by decisively backing moves to keep Britain in a customs union with the European Union after Brexit.

Ministers will announce a climbdown over part of their flagship Brexit bill in a bid to head off a Lords rebellion, PoliticsHome has learned.

Keir Starmer has hit back at Barry Gardiner for appearing to suggest the Good Friday Agreement is outdated and describing a key plank of Labour's Brexit policy as "b******s".

The Government has hinted at fresh changes to its flagship Brexit bill in a bid to stave off likely defeat in the House of Lords.

The marathon UK pay squeeze has finally come to an end after official figures showed wages growing slightly faster than inflation.

Ministers are braced for a series of defeats as their flagship Brexit bill faces crunch votes in the House of Lords

I agree with many of the views expressed by organisations with whom we have ideological differences, that fur labelling falls significantly short of what consumers expect. Together with MPs we all have a responsibility to put this right, says Mike Moser, Chief Executive, British Fur Trade Association. 

What does it mean to be mutual? Formally, there is the ownership structure, with customers as member-owners of the business. However, mutuality goes much deeper, affecting how and why an organisation functions, says Andrew Gall, Chief Economist, BSA.

The Government is at risk of "stumbling into dangerous territory" over the use of "killer robots", a new report from peers has warned.

The head of the EU’s Brexit negotiating team has predicted the UK will give in to the EU’s demands over Gibraltar.

The NFB has welcomed a package of government proposals to remove barriers to SMEs winning more government and public sector contracts. 

The Building and Allied Trades Joint Industrial Council (BATJIC) has agreed a one year deal involving a 3.1% pay rise to come into effect in June 2018. This follows from the successful conclusion of pay negotiations between the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), on behalf of SME construction employers, and Unite the union, on behalf of operatives, the FMB has said.