Britain’s Brexit transition period will end “well before” 2022, Theresa May has insisted, as she faced fresh criticism over her latest bid to unfreeze talks with Brussels.

Downing Street has condemned "personal vitriol" aimed at Theresa May amid a fresh Conservative row over violent language hurled at the Prime Minister.

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

A furious row has exploded in the Conservative party over the violent language used to attack Theresa May over her Brexit plans.

Scottish Tory MPs have threatened to vote down any Brexit deal that keeps the UK tied to EU fishing rules beyond 2020, in a move that could bring down the government.

Scores of current and former House of Commons staff are demanding that MPs no longer have a say over bullying cases after the Dame Laura Cox inquiry revealed widespread abuse in Westminster.

Theresa May will today tell warring MPs that 95% of the Brexit deal is done as she battles to cling on to her job amid calls for her to be toppled.

Theresa May faces a fight to stay on as Prime Minister this week amid demands from discontented Conservative MPs that she pleads to keep her job.

Two former cabinet secretaries have today criticised hard-Brexiteers in the Conservative Party for attacking civil servants.

Sir Nick Clegg has hailed an "exciting new adventure" as he takes up a plum job on Facebook's top team.

Boris Johnson has heaped praise on a Tory MP who branded Theresa May's government a "shit show".

A Cabinet minister has warned Theresa May against extending the Brexit transition period if it means forcing the UK to abide by EU fishing rules for longer.

Johnny Mercer has said he would not vote Conservative if he was not already an MP for the party.

Labour frontbencher Emily Thornberry has doubled down on her backing for under-fire Commons speaker John Bercow - despite Jeremy Corbyn distancing himself from her comments.

Theresa May last night indicated that the UK could remain tied to EU rules for an extra 12 months in a bid to break the ongoing deadlock over the Irish border.

John McDonnell has admitted he "longs for a united Ireland" but insisted it should not happen as a result of a botched Brexit.

Jeremy Corbyn has slapped down Labour frontbencher Emily Thornberry over her defence of John Bercow amid an ongoing bullying scandal in Parliament.

Labour is still "in denial" over the scale of its anti-Semitism crisis, Tony Blair has claimed.

MPs have hit out at a "misguided" strategy aimed at curbing dangerous dog attacks.

Penny Mordaunt is gearing up to announce a global crackdown on sexual predators working in charities.

Watch the key exchanges as MPs clashed over the Speaker's future following a damning report into bullying in Parliament.

A  jibe about "crossing yourself" by a top Labour official risks losing the party Catholic voters, an MP has warned.

Emily Thornberry has come under fire after she defended John Bercow over calls to quit as Speaker - despite a damning report into bullying in Parliament calling for him to go.

IPSE, the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed, has welcomed the decision to halt the further roll-out of Universal Credit while urging the Government to reform parts of the welfare policy which punish self-employment.