Theresa May will call on the European Union to make concessions on the Irish backstop as she launched a last-ditch bid to agree a new Brexit deal.

Diane Abbott has insisted she would be willing to appear on Question Time again despite the race row which erupted after she was last a panellist on the show.

Andrea Leadsom has been criticised for suggesting that an MP seeking a debate on Islamophobia in the UK should speak to Foreign Office ministers.

Amber Rudd has been forced to apologise after she sparked outrage by describing Diane Abbott as a “coloured woman”.

Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley has been forced to apologise for comments she made about military killings during the Troubles.

Independent equalities watchdogs have launched a probe to determine whether the Labour party under Jeremy Corbyn is institutionally anti-semitic.

Members of the Jewish Labour Movement have voted to stand by the party despite ongoing rows over anti-semitism.

Labour's attempts to get to grips with its anti-semitism crisis descended into farce after MPs were told a key ally of Jeremy Corbyn was being put in charge of the party's complaints process.

Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn went head-to-head over knife crime in the Commons.

Pro-Jeremy Corbyn campaign group Momentum have been slapped with a record £16,700 fine for multiple breaches of election rules.

The Conservatives have suspended 14 members after a string of anti-Muslim comments were posted on a pro-Tory Facebook page.

Jeremy Corbyn has urged the Jewish Labour Movement not to break its historic link with the party, as he acknowledged the "enormous distress" caused by anti-semitism among its members.

Jennie Formby over-ruled a senior Labour official after he urged her to block Derek Hatton's bid to re-join the party.

Labour is moving to oust MPs who split off to form the new Independent Group from their Commons committee seats, PoliticsHome understands.

A Tory council candidate has stepped down from the party after it was revealed that he had previously been suspended for making Islamophobic remarks.

Labour frontbencher Angela Rayner has been forced to install a panic button at home after receiving death and rape threats from "someone claiming to be a Jeremy Corbyn supporter".

A Labour councillor has been suspended by the party after she joked about "Jew process" in a discussion about anti-semitism.

The Conservatives have come under fire for allowing an activist previously suspended for making "vile" Islamophobic comments to stand as a council candidate.

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

A man has been charged with assault after Jeremy Corbyn was allegedly hit with an egg during a visit to a mosque.

A man has been detained by the police after Jeremy Corbyn was hit with an egg during a trip to a mosque.

Attorney General Geoffrey Cox risks fresh anger from Conservative Brexiteers amid reports he has shelved attempts to try and put a time limit or unilateral exit clause on the controversial Northern Ireland backstop.

Top Tory Amber Rudd has demanded Jeremy Corbyn suspend the local Labour branch in her Hastings constituency after it dismissed claims of anti-semitism as “crying wolf”.

Labour MPs have warned Jeremy Corbyn he is “playing with fire” by pushing for a second referendum on leaving the European Union.