Downing Street has rejected claims by Danny Dyer that Brexit is a "mad riddle so no one knows what it is".

Six Conservatives are battling it out in one of the most arcane and private elections in major party politics. The contestants are vying to seize the levers of party machinery on the board of the National Conservative Convention of volunteers. PolHome gives you the definitive guide to who's who. 

An ex-Foreign Office boss has condemned Boris Johnson for his “flippant” approach to Brexit and his recent attack on business.

Chancellor Philip Hammond is under fresh pressure to ditch his hardline stance on public spending after all three civil service unions rejected "shambolic and contemptible" Treasury plans to keep their pay capped.

Environment Secretary Michael Gove has brushed off an attack on him by Cabinet colleague Liz Truss, insisting he is the "best of friends" with the Treasury Secretary.

Theresa May was ambushed at the start of a crunch EU summit - and presented with the shirt of England's World Cup rivals Belgium.

Nicola Sturgeon has been forced to drop her new education minister just a day after handing her the job as controversial comments she made about transgender students resurfaced.

Britain is heading for the "very worst" Brexit deal because Theresa May is being undermined by some of her own ministers, Nick Timothy has declared.

Liz Truss has been rebuked by Number 10 after using a speech to launch an attack on Cabinet colleague Michael Gove.

Plans to let Labour members elect the party's council leaders have been branded "unworkable" by a senior local government figure.

The St George's Cross will fly above Downing Street for every England World Cup match, Theresa May has announced.

The Association of Former Members of Parliament has published the latest edition of its official journal Order! Order!

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Philip Hammond is "co-ordinating" attacks on the Government's Brexit strategy by businesses, Jacob Rees-Mogg has claimed.

The leader of the Conservative party in Wales has quit just days after two run-ins with senior UK colleagues.

A left-wing successor to Jeremy Corbyn would be “virtually guaranteed” under new plans to overhaul Labour party rules, it has been claimed.

Theresa May has slapped down Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt over their dismissal of business’ concerns over Brexit.

Theresa May should prepare to delay the Brexit date to prolong negotiations and allow the British people a “final decision”, Tony Blair will say.

Gavin Williamson is set to ask Theresa May for up to £4 billion a year extra for the UK’s defence budget, it has been reported.

The annual National Conservative Convention board elections are happening again right now. Tories who want to get their hands on the levers of party machinery are vying for the attention of a tiny electorate of around 800 local chairmen and the primary contact method is through the Royal Mail. The arcane NCC race happens every year but slips completely under the radar because it is so private and hardly contested. Only in an internal Conservative party election could an outsider candidate with an OBE go up against a teddy bear salesman from Guildford. Emilio Casalicchio talks to some of the contestants and a few Tory bigwigs to find out what the race is all about.

A former minister has accused Business Secretary Greg Clark of peddling "Project Fear mark two" after he urged firms to speak up about their concerns over Brexit.

Liz Truss has launched an extraordinary attack on Michael Gove by attacking his crackdown on plastics and suggesting he is full of "hot air".

Barry Gardiner has provoked a major Labour rebellion after he urged MPs not to support trades deals struck by the European Union with Japan and Canada.

The ex-head of Theresa May’s policy unit has said he does not recognise the Conservatives as the party he once joined as he blasted senior Cabinet ministers over a string of recent outbursts.