Government plans around migration targets and controls should be based on public consultation and debated by MPs each year, a Commons committee has said.

With the festivities over for another year, Parliament is back in full swing and it's time to pay attention again. Test how much you remember from the last week...

The NIA has welcomed the government’s statement on Euratom and its commitment to update Parliament every three months as well as clarity on its intention to negotiate an implementation period to ensure a smooth transition from the current to new arrangements. 

IKEA Food Services wants to have a positive impact on people, animals and the planet. IKEA Food has developed the Better Programmes to address and focus ambitions for more sustainable agriculture for all major animals in the IKEA food supply chain.

Influential campaign group Momentum has reportedly shut down it youth wing over suggestions it has brought the organisation into ‘disrepute’. 

High-profile Tory MPs have joined forces with Labour in calling for Theresa May to use the sugar tax to feed hungry kids during the school holidays.

A majority of Scots are opposed to Nicola Sturgeon's idea of having a separate immigration system after Brexit, new research suggests. 

Matt Hancock has called on the BBC to introduce "equal pay for equal jobs" as he waded into the row caused by the resignation of its China editor Carrie Gracie.

Chair of the Bar, Andrew Walker QC, has commented on the appointment of The Rt Hon David Gauke MP as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice.

Justine Greening quit the Government while Jeremy Hunt fought off attempts to remove him as Health Secretary as Theresa May's much-heralded New Year reshuffle descended into farce.

Theresa May's reshuffle sparked a row after a Conservative MP who opposed moves to relax abortion laws was made the party's vice-chair for women.

Theresa May was left humiliated today after the Conservatives wrongly announced that Chris Grayling was replacing Patrick McLoughling as party chairman.

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

Follow all the latest announcements as Theresa May reshuffles her top team in an attempt to reassert her agenda in 2018.

Theresa May is reportedly set to double the recommended number of new peers in a bid to boost the Government’s chances of its Brexit bill passing through the upper chamber.

The Grenfell Tower inquiry has cancelled its contract with a major auditing company after campaigners, including MPs, raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest.

More than 24,000 attempts have been made to access pornographic websites in parliament since June’s general election, new figures reveal.

Theresa May will launch a review into parole board hearings following intense public criticism of the decision to release serial rapist John Worboys.

A former boss of the Unite union has ruled out accepting a peerage from Jeremy Corbyn.

Labour’s Keir Starmer has spoken out for the first time since the release of a prolific sex attacker, amid calls for him to explain his role in the case. 

Boris Johnson has sparked a government rift by backing calls for special Brexit stamps after the Postal Services Minister branded them “divisive”. 

A senior MP has called for the Parole Board to publish its reasons for approving the release of a serial sex attacker after just eight years.

Theresa May has slapped down the leader of Windsor and Maidenhead Council over the local authority’s controversial crackdown on street homelessness ahead of the royal wedding. 

The chair of the Stop the War Coalition and a former boss of the Unite union are in line to become Labour peers, it has emerged.