Top minister Liz Truss has said the Conservatives should build one million homes on the green belt, as she all but confirmed she would stand for the party leadership.

A Labour government would trial a radical scheme of paying every citizen cash regardless of their wealth, Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has revealed.

Cabinet ministers loyal to Theresa May have given up hope for the Prime Minister and believe she will have to step aside in the coming weeks, it has been reported.

The new Brexit Party led by Nigel Farage is on course to win nearly 50 seats at the next general election after overtaking the Conservatives in a national poll for the first time.

Sacked defence secretary Gavin Williamson has warned Theresa May her talks with the Labour party over Brexit amount to a “betrayal”.

The chair of the Conservative backbench 1922 committee has said he expects a “clear understanding” of the timetable for Theresa May's departure from Downing Street when she meets senior Tory MPs next week.

Progress has achieved great things since it was established, but now we need to come up with new answers to the challenges Britain faces, says Alison McGovern MP.

Sir Mark Sedwill faces the axe as Cabinet Secretary if a Brexiteer wins the race to become Tory leader, PoliticsHome has learned.

The minimum wage for workers under 18-years-old will be more than doubled under a Labour government, Jeremy Corbyn is to say.

Sajid Javid has warned colleagues that failing to back Theresa May’s EU withdrawal agreement by the end of October could lead to Brexit being cancelled altogether.

A senior Labour frontbencher has insisted he did not lie when he wrongly claimed not to have described Zionism as "the enemy of the peace".

Penny Mordaunt has said that dealing with the treatment of Army veterans facing prosecution over their actions in Northern Ireland is a "personal priority" for her.

A former government chief whip has said he understands why some Conservatives will not vote for the party at the European elections.

Jeremy Corbyn has said that a second EU referendum could be seen as a “healing process” for the country that brings the Brexit impasse to a conclusion.

Esther McVey has confirmed she will be running for the Conservative leadership when Theresa May stands down.

David Gauke has blamed the “wishful thinking” of his pro-Brexit colleagues during the EU referendum for fuelling voter anger across the country.

Margaret Thatcher would not have allowed Huawei to have a role in the development of the UK's 5G network, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has claimed.

Outspoken Tory MP Johnny Mercer has told Theresa May he will no longer support the Government in protest at elderly veterans facing prosecutions over historic killings.

Brits would each be £800 a year worse off if the UK remained in a customs union after Brexit, according to new analysis.

Jeremy Corbyn will hit out at Theresa May’s failure to secure Brexit on time when he launches Labour’s EU elections campaign.

Theresa May will hold showdown talks with senior Tory MPs as pressure mounts on her to set out when she plans to quit Downing Street.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has branded Jeremy Corbyn “disgusting” over his backing for Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro.

Staff working for the Labour party could take strike action after rejecting a third and "final" pay offer by bosses.

Theresa May has been dealt a fresh blow after a Conservative colleague confronted her in the Commons to demand that she quit as Prime Minister.