The annual National Conservative Convention board elections are happening again right now. Tories who want to get their hands on the levers of party machinery are vying for the attention of a tiny electorate of around 800 local chairmen and the primary contact method is through the Royal Mail. The arcane NCC race happens every year but slips completely under the radar because it is so private and hardly contested. Only in an internal Conservative party election could an outsider candidate with an OBE go up against a teddy bear salesman from Guildford. Emilio Casalicchio talks to some of the contestants and a few Tory bigwigs to find out what the race is all about.

IPSE (the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed) has today reacted to the Westminster Magistrates’ Court ruling that granted a probationary licence for Uber to operate in London.

Automatic Enrolment will not defuse the ‘ticking timebomb’ that is the self-employed pensions crisis, a new landmark report by IPSE (the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed) has found.

New figures from the “Barristers’ Working Lives 2017: Harassment and bullying” report, released by the Bar Council today, indicate that reports of harassment or bullying and discrimination within the barristers’ profession, as well as reports of observations of harassment or bullying and discrimination, have increased in comparison with previous years. 

Senior MPs have called on the Home Office to urgently lower fees faced by those seeking access to asylum, immigration, nationality and customs services.

If the House of Commons authorities are serious about restoring faith in their grievance procedures, they must address past allegations of bullying and harassment, writes FDA Assistant General Secretary Amy Leversidge

A House of Commons committee is facing a probe from the UK’s data watchdog after revealing Brexit chief Arron Banks' passport number online, PoliticsHome can disclose.

Major reforms to the probation system brought in by Cabinet minister Chris Grayling have created a “mess”, according to MPs.

The Government has refused to confirm that EU citizens living in the UK will be granted so-called ‘settled status’ in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

Andrea Leadsom has said that Labour are to blame for one of their MPs being forced to vote in a wheelchair.

Diane Abbott has written to Sajid Javid urging him to lay bare the full scale of deportations and detentions connected to the Windrush crisis.

Conservative peer Baroness McIntosh writes ahead of her parliamentary debate today on 'Implications for the UKs future trade relations following the failure to reach agreement at the G7 Summit in Canada' with specific regard to the food, drink and manufacturing sectors.

Theresa May today branded Donald Trump’s child detention centres “deeply disturbing” and “wrong” but said his visit to the UK next month will go ahead as planned.   

With the introduction of a new 20 percent cap due on 10 July, law firms have been reminded that when handling claims for mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI) they must make sure they are acting in their client’s best interests and charging clients appropriately.

This is the UK Independent Mechanism’s (UKIM) briefing in contribution to the Westminster Hall Debate taking place today concerning the Government's response to the report of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).

Downing Street has defended the UK’s "humane" approach to immigration in a swipe at America's new child detention centres.

Theresa May has hit back at Lord Hague after the former Tory leader called for cannabis use to be decriminalised.

Police officers who have demonstrated outstanding acts of bravery – including confronting terrorists, tackling murderers and rescuing people from freezing waters – will be honoured next month at the 23rd annual Police Bravery Awards.

The war on cannabis has been "comprehensively and irreversibly lost", former Conservative leader Lord Hague has told Theresa May, amid a growing Cabinet row over the drug.

A Tory backbencher who blocked legislation to ban upskirting has had the entrance to his office littered with women’s underwear.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has produced a briefing for Lords consideration of Commons amendments to the EU (Withdrawal) Bill, taking place on 18 June

Sajid Javid has revealed that he was the victim of a moped mugging just months before becoming Home Secretary.

MPs have raised fresh questions about the relationship between Brexit campaign group Leave.EU and the Russian Embassy.

Labour has accused ministers of “dragging their feet” as new figures revealed that millions of pounds are still owed to workers forced to pay fees under an ill-fated scheme brought in by Chris Grayling.