Donald Trump performed his embarrassing U-turn on separating immigrant families at the US-Mexico border after Theresa May told him off, Boris Johnson suggested today.

A senior Holyrood minister has left the Scottish government to take on an SNP role dedicated to building the case for independence.

Owners of empty homes should be hit with council tax bills worth 500% of current levels, Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable will declare today.

A top Tory minister is set to blast Cabinet colleagues who are demanding more cash for their departments - arguing tax hikes would be a “contradiction of the Brexit vote”.

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

Boris Johnson was openly openly mocked as the House of Commons gave its backing to a third runway at Heathrow.

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Len McCluskey has sparked a furious Labour row after he urged the party's MPs to back a third runway at Heathrow.

Defence minister Guto Bebb has blasted Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson for attacking business leaders issuing warnings about the impact of Brexit.

Andrea Leadsom has openly criticised Theresa May’s favoured customs relationship with the European Union as ‘unwieldy and impractical’ and with too much red tape for businesses.

Deep splits within Labour over Brexit have erupted after Chuka Umunna was forced to deny claims he was involved in an advertising campaign targeting his own party's MPs.

A Labour government would strip private firms of their contracts to deliver services to the military, the Shadow Defence Secretary will declare today.

Boris Johnson has been slammed by his Tory colleagues for missing today's crucial vote on Heathrow expansion despite his long-standing opposition to the plans.

A top Cabinet minister has blasted global giant Airbus and its allies for making “inappropriate” warnings over Brexit.

A Conservative council boss has been cleared of claims he bullied colleges during a leadership hustings as he battled to save his job.

Some 60 politicians and business leaders have joined forces to urge Theresa May to prepare for a no deal Brexit.

MPs from across the political divide have urged Theresa May to bring forward laws to legalise same sex marriage in Northern Ireland.

Big business is on course for a £110bn tax cut under the Conservatives while communities have struggled to cope with austerity, Labour has claimed.

Tory chief whip Julian Smith has been contacting party activists in seats held by rebel MPs in a bid to stave of government defeats on Brexit.

Philip Hammond has hit back at Cabinet rival Boris Johnson as the splits among Theresa May's frontbench on Brexit erupted once more.

Boris Johnson will be spared the embarrassment of the crunch Heathrow vote next week, Theresa May has confirmed.

Theresa May has been plunged into a fresh crisis after a top minister resigned to vote against the Government on a third runway at Heathrow.

Diane Abbott has written to Sajid Javid urging him to lay bare the full scale of deportations and detentions connected to the Windrush crisis.

An ill Labour MP has reacted angrily after being forced by Government whips to attend the House of Commons for a crunch Brexit vote.