The next Labour government will aim to close the gender pay gap by 2030, the party has announced.

Jeremy Corbyn has accused Nicola Sturgeon of being prepared to “usher in” a Tory government after a row over Scottish independence.

Boris Johnson has criticised Jeremy Corbyn's comments about Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi after the Labour leader said that arresting rather than killing the IS chief may have been the "right thing to do".

The estranged wife of an ex-Tory minister who quit following a sexting scandal has replaced him as the party’s candidate for his seat.

Jeremy Corbyn has U-turned on Scottish independence as he vowed to block any new poll during his the first five-year term of a potential Labour government.

Labour splits have burst into the open after John McDonnell dismissed Jonathan Ashworth’s claim that NHS workers will be excluded from the party's plans for a four-day working week.

Boris Johnson has faced a hostile reception from communities hit by floods in Yorkshire.

The Conservative Party is failing to do enough to tackle Islamophobia among its members, according to its Muslim former chair.

A former minister under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown has called on voters to reject Jeremy Corbyn and back Boris Johnson because the Labour leader cannot be “trusted” with the Union.

A Boris Johnson majority government will lead to a no-deal Brexit and devastate large parts of the UK economy, a former Tory Cabinet minister has warned.

A furious row has erupted in the Liberal Democrats after the party's candidate in a key marginal seat announced he was stepping aside to boost Labour's chances of winning it.

A former Conservative MP who was convicted of expenses irregularities and lost his seat has decided not to stand for the Tories again following an angry backlash.

A Labour member beaten in the race for a plum seat by a close ally of Jeremy Corbyn has hit out at the party's "crooked" candidate selection process.

Boris Johnson will promise to end the UK's Brexit "groundhoggery" and accuse those pushing for a second referendum of "political self-obsession and onanism".

Labour has pledged to pump £26bn extra into the NHS as part of a wide-ranging "rescue plan" if the party wins the general election.

Labour has confirmed it is standing by a general election candidate who was crtiticised for foul-mouthed social media posts criticising female Tories.

Labour have been targeted by a second cyber attack just 24 hours after a similar effort disrupted some of their online systems.

A Brexit Party MEP has quit as a general election candidate in protest at Nigel Farage's decision not to contest Tory-held seats.

Jeremy Corbyn admitted he was "very nervous" about attempts by hackers to disrupt the general election after Labour was hit by a "serious" cyber-attack.

Senior Labour figures have paid tribute to former Cabinet minister Frank Dobson, who has died aged 79.

A Cabinet minister has apologised following a row over a heavily-edited video produced by the Conservatives on Labour's Brexit policy.

Labour has foiled a "sophisticated and large scale" attempt to hack the party's database.

A fresh election row has erupted as the Conservatives claimed a Labour government would see workers cough up an extra £2,400 in taxes every year because of a "black hole" in the party's spending plans.

Labour has urged the Conservatives to ditch an election candidate over a string of "disgusting" articles about Muslims and the spread of the HIV virus.