Theresa May has led tributes to former head of the civil service Sir Jeremy Heywood, who has died from cancer.

"In Wales we can only look in envy at the Republic of Ireland where growth is projected to be 8% - it is clear our economic wellbeing is being damaged shackled to a sinking Westminster ship," says Plaid Cymru's Treasury Spokesperson Jonathan Edwards MP.

A government-backed charity has come under fire after its chief executive pocketed a 50% pay rise.

Nationwide have released the following statement in response to the Law Commission's report into online abuse.

Philip Hammond delivered his Autumn Budget this week, but how much of it can you remember? Test your knowledge with our hard-as-nails quiz.  

Following the Chancellor’s decision this week to cut several hundred millions from the Ministry of Justice budget, the Bar Council today publishes The Justice Papers. 

Below is the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s briefing in contribution to the debate due to take place on Monday 5 November concerning Dame Laura Cox’s report on the bullying and harassment of House of Commons staff.

Former home secretary Amber Rudd has warned her successor Sajid Javid that the police have "enough on their hands" without having to deal with a string of new hate crimes.

Former Home Secretary Amber Rudd was let down by her aides before her resignation over the Windrush scandal, an official report has concluded.

Sajid Javid has slapped down Caroline Nokes after she wrongly told MPs that employers would have to perform immigration checks on EU nationals after a no-deal Brexit.

Estate agents and solicitors who help to launder cash in Britain face a major crackdown as part of a multi-million plan to tackle organised crime, the security minister has announced.

Reforms to the law are required to protect victims from online and social media-based abuse, according to a new Report by the Law Commission for England and Wales.

Government cuts have left prisons “unsafe and unsanitary” with incidents of violence and self-harm at a record high, MPs have warned.

New research commissioned by the Bar Council reveals the full scale of a decade of dis-investment in justice and argues that decisions to make wholesale budget cuts cannot be blamed on austerity measures alone.

A no-deal Brexit would plunge Britain into a prolonged period of falling living standards and rising unemployment, a leading international ratings agency has said.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock is set to introduce tough new measures to protect NHS staff from violent attacks.

Dods People draws together a list of appointments in Westminster politics, the devolved administrations and the public affairs sector in the last week.

Chancellor urged to leave his “Westminster bubble” to see true impact of underinvestment.

Today the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Bill – also known as Seni’s law - has passed its final debate in the House of Lords meaning that it’s set to become law.

The DUP have ditched their threat to vote down the Budget over fears that the Government was preparing to sign a Brexit deal which would effectively draw a new border in the Irish Sea.

Philip Hammond has hit back at critics of his £400m Budget boost for schools by insisting it was a "nice gesture" which could pay for new white boards and laptops.

Sarah Kostense-Winterton, Executive Director at MIMA comments: 

Below is the briefing prepared by the Equality and Human Rights Commission for the Westminster Hall debate this Thursday on the future of legal aid. 

The decade-long squeeze on public spending is "finally coming to an end", Philip Hammond has declared, as he turned on the spending taps in his final Budget before Brexit.