Former Tory MP Harvey Proctor has called for Labour’s Tom Watson to be denied a peerage after a long-running inquiry found no evidence of a VIP paedophile ring operating in Westminster.

Rebecca Long-Bailey’s campaign to become Labour leader has been boosted by more than £200,000 of donations from Unite, new figures show.

Ministers will have to spend an extra £54bn on public services if they are serious about ending austerity, a leading think tank has said.

Sir Keir Starmer has called for Alastair Campbell to be allowed back into the Labour Party after he was booted out for backing the Liberal Democrats.

Westminster’s political parties turned a “blind eye” to child abuse and instead sought to protect MPs from prosecution, a damning public inquiry has found.

Tony Blair has joined a host of Labour grandees in backing Ian Murray as the party’s next deputy leader.

A Conservative MP has been forced to apologise after a video emerged of him exposing himself in a pub.

Hundreds of social media accounts had to be shut down last year because they were being used inside prisons, PoliticsHome can reveal.

Angela Rayner has accused Jeremy Corbyn of failing to win the "respect" of voters as she launched a bitter attack on his leadership.

Britain's top civil servant has described a major Whitehall row with Priti Patel as a "distraction", as he ordered an end to "unattributable" media briefings by government officials.

Boris Johnson will prioritise "taking back control" of the UK's laws from Brussels over agreeing a free trade deal with the EU, it has emerged.

Shadow Health Secretary Jon Ashworth has branded rising health inequalities as a "national disgrace".

Keir Starmer has pledged to give Rebecca Long-Bailey and Lisa Nandy rivals "top jobs" in his Shadow Cabinet if he defeats them in the race to become Labour leader.

Diane Abbott has confirmed she will stand down from the shadow Cabinet whoever wins the Labour leadership contest.

The House of Lords is facing criticism after it was revealed peers’ expense claims have risen by 29% in a year, taking the total bill to £23million.

Labour must end its internal divisions or it faces being locked out of power for a generation, according to Keir Starmer.

Dominic Cummings has said Downing Street advisers should toughen up, following reports some had sought counselling for stress.

Theresa May has been warned to expect criticism in an upcoming independent review into the Windrush scandal.

Rebecca Long-Bailey has sparked a Labour split after challenging her leadership rivals to match her plans for a "council house building boom".

Richard Burgon has vowed to increase the number of Labour Party members to one million if he becomes deputy leader.

Sadiq Khan has ruled out backing Rebecca Long-Bailey to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader.