John McDonnell has broken ranks with the Labour leadership to take a tough new line against Russia by declaring that Vladimir Putin is responsible for the Salisbury nerve agent attack.

Voters face further deep spending cuts or "substantial" tax rises to shore up the public finances, two senior Tories have warned Philip Hammond. 

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

A bid to give child refugees in the UK the right to be reunited with their families has cleared its latest parliamentary hurdle.

Sajid Javid has become at least the fifth MP to report receiving a hate letter which encourages attacks on Muslims in exchange for “rewards”.

Ahead of Angus MacNeil’s Refugee Family Reunion Bill's second reading today, Labour MP Lisa Nandy calls for MPs to back the Bill and change the rules on reuniting refugees with their family members.

SSE Chief Executive Alistair Phillips-Davies writes that key questions remain as Parliament scrutinises Price Cap Bill.

Theresa May has given 23 Russian diplomats suspected of being spies one week to leave Britain in the wake of the nerve agent attack in Salisbury.

Theresa May is expected to outline Britain’s plan to take action against Russia over the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal today as Moscow warned that it will retaliate.

UK prisons are preparing for an influx of Islamic State fighters returning from Syria, the Justice Secretary has said.

Labour Justice spokesman Lord Beecham writes following his House of Lords question on 'Outsourcing by police forces of digital forensic investigation work to unaccredited private laboratories'.

Jeremy Corbyn has condemned the sending of “hate-filled” letters and packages to four Muslim Labour MPs as “disgusting”.

Here is the full transcript of Philip Hammond's Spring Statement. 

Read a summary of the key fiscal forecasts and measures from Philip Hammond's Spring Statement here.

Follow all the latest from Philip Hammond's Spring Statement on our up-to-the-minute liveblog.

Philip Hammond is set to face demands to end austerity when he reveals government borrowing is at pre-financial crisis levels in his first Spring Statement today. 

The Government has condemned barbaric letters which encourage people to “butcher” Muslims as “abhorrent” as it urged recipients to hand them over to police.

Philip Hammond shifted his dry wit into fifth gear when he cut the fiscal calendar down to just one big annual event.

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

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has warned law firms that non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) should not be used to prevent the reporting of professional misconduct. 

Justice Minister Dr Phillip Lee writes on sport's transformational properties for both our vulnerable and offenders.

The wife of murdered ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko has blasted Theresa May for failing to learn from her husband’s death as fingers were pointed at Russia over a fresh poisoning scandal.

John McDonnell today said Labour politicians should no longer appear on Russia Today in the wake of the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal.

The government has proposed introducing time limits to tackle social media addiction amongst children