Commonwealth countries that persecute same-sex couples should be kicked out of the organisation, Emily Thornberry has warned. 

Dominic Raab massively outspent his rivals on Facebook advertising during his failed Tory leadership bid, PoliticsHome can reveal.

Ann Widdecombe has come under fire after she compared the European Union to “oppressors” such as slave owners and feudal barons.

Jeremy Hunt has pledged to order an independent investigation into the extent of Islamophobia within the Conservative Party if he becomes its next leader.

Whitehall's top civil servant has agreed there should be an "independent element" to an investigation into senior officials briefing against Jeremy Corbyn.

Labour has slumped to fourth place behind the Liberal Democrats as voters continue to desert the party, according to a new poll.

Cabinet minister David Gauke has launched a thinly-veiled attack on Boris Johnson as he predicted he would be sacked from government within weeks.

Jeremy Hunt has come under fire after he threw his weight behind calls for the ban on fox hunting to be lifted.

A no-deal Brexit would threaten the future of the United Kingdom, Theresa May is to warn her potential successors as Prime Minister.

Boris Johnson has vowed to reverse the cuts to police numbers made under successive Tory governments if he becomes Prime Minister.

Labour has demanded an independent investigation into "entirely unacceptable and unprecedented" briefing against Jeremy Corbyn by senior civil servants.

The former office manager of Labour frontbencher Gloria de Piero has announced that he will stand against her at the next general election for the Conservative Party.

Labour has said Health Secretary Matt Hancock must quit the Cabinet if Boris Johnson becomes Prime Minister and scraps the sugar tax.

Follow all the action live as Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May square off from 12pm.

Labour bosses have finally condemned an attempt to deselect a heavily-pregnant Labour MP for criticising the decision to let Chris Williamson back into the party.

The UK's most senior civil servant has told top Whitehall staff that unauthorised briefings to the media "will not be tolerated" amid a row over claims about Jeremy Corbyn's health.

European leaders have warned the next Prime Minister they will not shift position on Brexit as Ursula von der Leyen was nominated as the new European Commission chief.

Boris Johnson has been referred to the UK's data watchdog as allies of his Tory leadership rival Jeremy Hunt claimed "foul play" in the race for Number 10.

Boris Johnson has vowed to end "the continuing creep of the nanny state” if he becomes Prime Minister by threatening to axe taxes on unhealthy food.

Labour has criticised ministers for failing to heed calls to retrofit sprinklers on high-rise council blocks, ten years after a London flat blaze killed six people.

A heavily-pregnant Labour MP is facing the threat of deselection after she put her name to a statement criticising the decision to re-admit Chris Williamson to the party.

Labour wants the civil service to start making preparations for a second referendum as the party plans to be in power later this year, according to John McDonnell.

A senior trade union boss has accused Jeremy Corbyn of peddling "conspiracies" by suggesting that Whitehall officials cannot be trusted to investigate comments made by civil servants about his health.

Jeremy Hunt has labelled the BBC an “absolute joke” for organising a Tory leadership debate ten days after ballots have been sent to party members.