A close ally of Jeremy Corbyn is among four BME women in the running to be the next Labour MP for Lewisham East.

A Norway-style soft Brexit has been declared "dead" after Jeremy Corbyn all-but confirmed Labour will not support it.

Theresa May today led MPs in heartfelt tributes to the late Dame Tessa Jowell, who died this weekend after a battle with brain cancer.

A Labour shadow minister has publicly backed a referendum on the final Brexit deal - in direct defiance of Jeremy Corbyn's position.

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

Jeremy Hunt today hit out at Boris Johnson over his recent customs union outburst as he urged his Cabinet colleagues to work on Brexit “as a team”.

David Miliband has warned Jeremy Corbyn he risks being the “midwife” of a Brexit which threatens people’s living standards by failing to back continued membership of the single market.

Theresa May's former deputy has predicted that her preferred option for customs links with the EU after Brexit will not happen.

Theresa May last night made a direct appeal to Iran to release jailed mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and other dual nationals “on humanitarian grounds”.

Dozens of female Labour MPs will write to Jeremy Corbyn to urge him to ensure a woman replaces outgoing Lewisham East MP Heidi Alexander.

The battle to replace Heidi Alexander as MP for Lewisham East took a surprise turn today as the favourite to secure the Labour nomination dramatically dropped out.

Tributes from across the political divide have been pouring in for Dame Tessa Jowell who died yesterday at the age of 70, following a battle with brain cancer.

Pro-Brexit Cabinet minister Michael Gove today said the customs plan being pushed by Theresa May had “flaws”.

Shami Chakrabarti has said Ken Livingstone should be kicked out of Labour for “repeatedly” bringing the party into disrepute.

Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer today slapped down dozens of Labour peers who defied Jeremy Corbyn and voted for a Norway-style Brexit.

A senior Labour frontbencher and top ally of Jeremy Corbyn will vow to bring the richest Brits to a “shuddering halt” in an all-out attack on financial inequality.

John Bercow has told friends that he will stand down as Speaker next year after a decade in the role, it has been reported.

Theresa May has implored her Cabinet ministers to trust her on Brexit amid reports that at least a dozen of them are lining up to block her chosen customs plan.

Former Cabinet Minister Dame Tessa Jowell has died at the age of 70, following a battle with brain cancer.

A crunch Labour vote in the fight to succeed outgoing MP Heidi Alexander has been delayed amid claims of a “stitch-up” by supporters of Jeremy Corbyn.

A hustings for potential Labour candidates for the Shoreham constituency has been cancelled after a row broke out between warring factions of the party.

Tory MPs are being offered training sessions on how to use the popular photo sharing app Instagram in a bid to appeal to younger voters, it has emerged.

Neil Kinnock has accused Jeremy Corbyn of putting the livelihoods of the people Labour is meant to represent at risk by refusing to back membership of the European Economic Area (EEA) after Brexit.

Conservative MPs have been accused of deliberately running down the parliamentary clock to thwart plans to give the vote to people aged under 16.