Exploring the tension between an open and transparent government in times of political turbulence.

Labour has seen off the challenge of the Brexit Party to narrowly win the Peterborough by-election.

Ministers should consider scrapping the Scotland Office and replacing it with a new department that oversees UK constitutional affairs, according to MPs.

Chair of Parliament’s Justice Committee Bob Neill MP writes: "Michael Gove's ability to adapt to whichever job he is tasked with and, crucially, then to deliver on it, is a major strength, and one we need now in solving that most complex of conundrums – Brexit".

Dominic Raab has been branded a "dictator" as his rivals for the Tory leadership condemned his refusal to rule out shutting down Parliament in order to deliver a no-deal Brexit.

Former SNP MP Natalie McGarry has been given 18 months in jail after embezzling more than £25,000 from pro-independence groups.

Michael Gove has probably torpedoed his hopes of winning the Tory leadership election by admitting he was prepared to delay Brexit again in order to clinch a deal, a leading party activist has said.

Tory leadership candidates have been warned not to drop out of the race if they make it through to the final ballot.

John Bercow today issued a blunt slapdown to Tory leadership hopeful Dominic Raab as he insisted Parliament will not be shut down to force through a no-deal Brexit.

Westminster Hall is the oldest remaining part of the Mother of all Parliaments. In the latest in her series on the history of the Hall, Guinevere Poncia looks back on the key addresses from foreign leaders

Labour's John McDonnell has said the party's rules "need reviewing" after former communications chief Alastair Campbell was kicked out for voting for the Liberal Democrats.

A government minister has taken a thinly-veiled swipe at Conservative leadership hopeful Esther McVey after she said parents should be able to withdraw their children from lessons about LGBT relationships.

Michael Gove has launched a thinly-veiled attack on rival Boris Johnson as he hit out at claims Theresa May's Brexit deal would have left the UK a “vassal state” of the EU.

A row has erupted after Matt Hancock claimed Jeremy Corbyn would be “the first anti-semitic leader of a Western nation since the Second World War” if Labour wins the next election.

Is the Brexit Party about to send its first MP to Westminster? Party insiders think so - if only they can work out who their voters are. 

Steve Baker has said he will stand for the Conservative leadership if none of the other candidates sign up to a no-deal Brexit plan drawn up by eurosceptics.

See how every twist and turn of PMQs unfolded on PoliticsHome's legendary liveblog.

Boris Johnson is a turn-off for millions of floating voters who backed the Conservatives at the last election, according to a polling expert.

Conservative leadership candidate Andrea Leadsom has accused Tory rivals who quit the Government of having "made Brexit harder" by walking away.

The Conservatives face "extinction" if Britain does not leave the European Union on 31 October, Boris Johnson has claimed.

Nigel Farage has said Donald Trump is "loving London" after the pair met held a one-to-one meeting.

Tory bosses have agreed to change the rules for the upcoming leadership election in a move which could lead to a major cull of candidates.

Donald Trump has branded Jeremy Corbyn a "negative force" and revealed he turned down the offer of a meeting with the Labour leader.

Boris Johnson has turned down the offer of a one-to-one meeting with Donald Trump.