Boris Johnson has insisted he will take the UK out of the EU on 31 October 'deal or deal' as he formally launched his campaign to be Prime Minister.

Labour has been plunged into a fresh anti-semitism row after the Jewish Labour Movement withdrew their support for the party's Peterborough by-election candidate.

More than one hundred current and former Labour staff members have urged Jeremy Corbyn to take action following sexual harassment claims made against one of his senior aides.

Dods People draws together a list of appointments in Westminster politics, the devolved administrations and the public affairs sector in the last week.

Conservative leadership candidates have been warned that they are already putting Britain's manufacturing jobs at risk by talking up the prospect of a no-deal Brexit.

Boris Johnson has unveiled plans to spend at least £5,000 on every secondary school pupil if he wins the race to succeed Theresa May as Conservative leader.

A Cabinet minister will today urge Tory leadership rivals who have no hope of winning to pull out of the race.

Tory leadership contender Andrea Leadsom today revealed she would ditch any Brexit deal if she won the top job and quit the EU under a “managed exit” plan.

Tory MP Sam Gyimah today threw his hat in the ring for the Tory leadership, becoming the first candidate in the race to back a second referendum on Brexit.

Nigel Farage could be within touching distance of a parliamentary majority in the wake of the next general election after a poll put the Brexit Party in the lead spot for the first time.

The Tories will end up “naked” in the fight against the Labour party at the next election if leadership hopefuls continue to make unfunded tax cuts and spending pledges, Philip Hammond has warned.

The Labour candidate in the Peterborough by-election has been forced to apologise after it emerged she liked an anti-semitic post on Facebook earlier this year.

Tory leadership contender Michael Gove is prepared to delay Brexit until late 2020 to avoid quitting the EU without a deal at the end of October this year, it has been reported.

An anti-Brexit Tory former minister has suffered a vote of no confidence by his local party association.

Conservative leadership hopeful Sajid Javid has declared that he would be willing to take the UK out of the European Union without a deal.

Michael's Gove's ministerial deputy has backed rival candidate Jeremy Hunt to be the next Tory leader.

Donald Trump has heaped praise on Boris Johnson, saying the Tory leadership hopeful would make an "excellent" Prime Minister.

Labour has criticised the Conservative party for its failure to suspend two serving councillors for allegedly making "Islamophobic" comments.

A member of Labour's ruling board was today suspended after he was recorded saying Israel whipped up claims of anti-semitism against the party.

Labour has been plunged into a fresh row after a member of its ruling body was recorded claiming Israel whipped up claims of anti-semitism against the party.

Alistair Campbell has claimed senior Labour frontbenchers have told him his expulsion from the party for voting Lib Dem at the EU elections is “bonkers”.

Mark Harper has become the latest MP to mount a challenge to become the next Conservative leader and Prime Minister.

Jeremy Hunt is the only candidate who has the experience and ability to square this circle, unite the party, and take the fight to Jeremy Corbyn, says Robert Goodwill MP. 

Tory leadership hopefuls have been warned of the "severe" consequences for UK businesses if they pursue a no-deal Brexit.