Ex-Labour minister Kim Howells has taken aim at Jeremy Corbyn over the party's "disastrous" result in the Brecon and Radnorshire by-election.

The former Labour MP Frank Field will stand at the next election for the new Birkenhead Social Justice Party, he has announced.

Veteran MP Frank Field is to make an announcement on his political future amid speculation he could join another party.

A no-deal Brexit could lead to "consumer panic", rising crime, food shortages and economic chaos, according to an official government document.

The Liberal Democrats have won the Brecon and Radnorshire by-election, reducing the Tories' majority in the House of Commons to just one.

The Conservatives have increased their poll lead over Labour to double figures in the wake of Boris Johnson becoming Prime Minister.

Justice Secretary Robert Buckland has been slapped down by Number 10 after suggesting some suspects in rape cases should remain anonymous until they are charged.

Jeremy Corbyn has been criticised for appearing at a pro-Palestine rally in which protesters held banners comparing Israel to the Nazis.

Labour would be "off our bloody rockers" not to back staying in the European Union in all circumstances, Emily Thornberry has said.

Most Tory MPs "do not care" about the poor or the NHS, according to Boris Johnson's top adviser.

Ahead of today's by-election Liberal Democrat candidate Jane Dodds says she would demand better for rural areas if she is elected as the MP for Brecon and Radnorshire. 

Ahead of Thursday's by-election Brexit Party candidate Des Parkinson sets out his vision for Brecon and Radnorshire. 

Leo Varadkar has warned Boris Johnson that the Irish backstop is "necessary" and cannot be scrapped in order to secure a Brexit deal.

Alastair Campbell has told Jeremy Corbyn that he will not push to rejoin Labour as he launched a full-blooded attack on the party's strategy.

Boris Johnson should stop "ignoring" Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson or risk putting an end to the "delicate" union of the United Kingdom, William Hague has warned.

Boris Johnson will continue his tour of the UK amid a clash with Wales's First Minister over a "catastrophic" no-deal Brexit.

Labour has attacked ministers' handling of the schools system as new research revealed that poorer pupils are no longer closing the gap between their GCSE grades and those of their better-off peers.

Boris Johnson is taking the UK on an "almost inevitable path to a no-deal Brexit", Nicola Sturgeon has said.

Boris Johnson has insisted the Government is not "assuming" there will be a no-deal Brexit - just a day after Michael Gove said it was.

A probe into an altercation between a former minister and a female climate protester has been dropped after he was sacked by Boris Johnson.

Boris Johnson will finally move into Downing Street on Monday - and will be taking his girlfriend with him.

Boris Johnson has promised to renew "the ties that bind our United Kingdom" as he makes his first visit to Scotland as Prime Minister amid a bitter Brexit row with Ruth Davidson.

Lord Mandelson has called for Jeremy Corbyn to be dumped as Labour leader.

Ruth Davidson has delivered a defiant message to Boris Johnson by saying she “won’t support” a no deal Brexit as Scottish Conservative leader.