Former Tory cabinet minister Amber Rudd has announced that she will not fight to hold on to her ultra-marginal seat in December's election.

Home Secretary Priti Patel's most senior aide had to be escorted from a Commons bar by armed police.

Female MPs from across the political spectrum have signed an open letter backing Meghan Markle over the "abuse and intimidation" she has received from the media.

Former Labour leadership hopeful Owen Smith will stand down as an MP at the general election.

Boris Johnson should prioritise public spending over the Conservatives' "Thatcherite instincts" on tax cuts to convert sceptical voters and win the election, a leading Tory think tank has argued.

Ten of the 21 Tory rebels sacked for trying to block a no-deal Brexit have had the party whip restored.

Voters will go to the polls on 12 December after MPs finally backed Boris Johnson's bid to hold a pre-Christmas election.

Heidi Allen has announced she will stand down at the next general election just weeks after joining the Liberal Democrats.

Jeremy Corbyn has insisted Labour is "totally united" on a general election - despite MPs vowing to defy him and vote against calling one.

Jeremy Corbyn has confirmed that Labour will back Boris Johnson’s push for a snap general election after a three-month extension to the Brexit process was confirmed.

Boris Johnson would support an election on 11 December - 24 hours earlier than he has been calling for.

Philip Hammond has said he is "agonising" over whether he wants the Conservative Party to win the next general election.

Margaret Hodge has defeated an attempt by supporters of Jeremy Corbyn to have her dumped as a Labour MP.

Boris Johnson has been hit by a Conservative backlash as he abandoned his own Brexit bill to instead make a fresh push for a general election.

Boris Johnson has launched a fresh bid to hold a snap election on 12 December - just minutes after MPs rejected his latest attempt to go to the country.

Boris Johnson has failed in his latest bid to force a general election.

Disgraced MP Keith Vaz could face a by-election after the Committee on Standards recommended he be suspended from the Commons for six months for offering to buy cocaine for two male escorts.

The UK could be heading for a General Election on December 9 after Number 10 suggested it would table a one-line bill for it on Tuesday.

Staff on the People's Vote campaign have staged a walkout after two top advisers were sacked in a "boardroom coup".

European leaders have agreed to hand Britain a three-month extension to the Brexit deadline, Donald Tusk has confirmed.

The People's Vote campaign has descended into open warfare amid attempts to sack two of its most senior figures.

The European Union is preparing to grant Britain a flexible three-month Brexit extension, according to a leaked draft of an agreement set to be signed off by Brussels.

MPs' staff have called on John Bercow's successor to end a "fundamentally flawed" system that can see them stripped of their sick pay if they change jobs.

Boris Johnson could end up supporting an SNP and Lib Dem bid to hold an election on 9 December if Parliament rejects his own proposal for a pre-Christman poll, it has emerged.