Theresa May has been urged to resign after the Conservatives suffered a "very difficult" set of results in the local elections.

Vince Cable has hailed the local elections a "big success" for his party as they scoop up hundreds of seats across the country.

Labour is trying to "bail out" the Conservatives by helping the Government deliver Brexit, according to a senior member of the Shadow Cabinet.

The Conservatives and Labour are on course for a disappointing local election performance as voters deliver a damning verdict on their Brexit performance.

A former Tory Cabinet minister has called for Theresa May to go as the party braced itself for heavy losses in the local elections.

Margaret Thatcher is Britain's greatest post-war Prime Minister, according to a major new poll.

A Brexit Party candidate for the European elections has quit over a colleague's refusal to apologise for past comments on a notorious IRA bombing.

Gavin Williamson will avoid a criminal investigation into his alleged role in leaking top-secret information after the head of the Metropolitan Police said the case would need to be referred to them by ministers.

Theresa May has been accused of "rewarding" Gavin Williamson after it emerged he will receive a pay-off following his sacking over the Huawei leak.

Voters are heading to the polls today as the parties do battle for thousands of council seats across England and Northern Ireland.

Gavin Williamson should face a criminal probe after he was sacked over the Huawei leak, according to senior politicians.

John Bercow has defended his decision to stay on as Commons Speaker - and dropped a fresh hint that he is preparing to step down soon.

Jeremy Corbyn has described anti-semitic language used in a book he endorsed as "utterly deplorable".

Gavin Williamson has denied being the source of the Huawei leak after being sacked as Defence Secretary by Theresa May.

Former Labour MP Fiona Onasanya has been ousted from her Commons seat after her constituents backed a recall petition that was triggered against her.

Theresa May has sacked Gavin Williamson as Defence Secretary after a Whitehall probe found him guilty of leaking her decision to give Chinese firm Huawei a role in the development of the UK's 5G network.

Gavin Williamson has been sacked as Secretary of State for Defence after Prime Minister Theresa May following an investigation into the source of the Huawei leak.

Theresa May has ditched her claim that “no-deal is better than a bad deal” as she dropped a strong hint that a soft Brexit agreement with Labour could be in the offing.

SNP MP Pete Wishart has thrown his hat into the ring to become the next Commons Speaker.

For everyone voting tomorrow, it will be a simple choice of who you want running everyday services in your area, and how much you want to be charged for them, says Chris Philp MP.

A top Jewish leader has demanded Jeremy Corbyn provide an explanation for endorsing a book which contained "obvious anti-semitism".

Theresa May has been warned that Britain risks “nesting a dragon” if ministers ignore top intelligence advice and allow Huawei to build parts of the country's new 5G network.

Here's how all the action unfolded LIVE as Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn went head-to-head at Prime Minister's Questions. Includes full quotes from all the key exchanges about public services, Huawei and more.

Senior Labour frontbenchers have defended Jeremy Corbyn over his praise for a book which suggested banks and the media were controlled by Jews.