A deselected Conservative council in a key London election battleground has used his farewell speech to urge local people to back Labour. 

The Conservatives have opened up a five-point lead over Labour following the row over Theresa May's decision to authorise military action in Syria.

Theresa May has announced that Britain’s Windrush children will be entitled to compensation over their unfair treatment by the Home Office.

Amber Rudd said officials would have greater “teeth” to boost deportations of illegal migrants just months before the Windrush saga began, it has been reported.

A Tory council candidate in Watford has been suspended over alleged links to far-right groups.

A top Labour MP is urging ministers to stamp special sexual assault protections for emergency workers into UK law in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal.

Prince Charles has been confirmed as the next head of the Commonwealth - despite calls from top Labour figures that he should have been overlooked.

Jeremy Corbyn has thanked Arsene Wenger after the Arsenal manager announced plans to quit following 22 years at the helm.

Labour seem to be on course to paint London red once again, but if the last few years have taught us anything, no election is a foregone conclusion, says Dods Monitoring Consultant, Kerri Blyberg. 

Former Home Secretary Alan Johnson has said the destruction of Windrush landing cards was "an administrative decision" taken while he was Home Secretary in 2009.

Emily Thornberry has denied claims that Russia is preventing independent inspectors from investigating the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack on Syrian civilians.

Labour's new general secretary must make eradicating anti-Semitism from Labour her "number one priority", a leading member of the Shadow Cabinet has declared.

PoliticsHome looks at this week's local by-elections and predicts who's in, who's out, who's lost the plot.

Tax chiefs have been criticised after they refused to raid the offices of a firm suspected of laundering huge sums of money seemingly because they donated money to the Conservatives.

David Cameron has insisted he does not regret calling the referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union that cost him his job as Prime Minister.

Plastic straws and cotton buds are set to be banned in England from next year in the latest Government bid to protect marine life.

Far from providing the strength and stability we were promised, all we’ve seen is weakness and failure, says Shadow Cabinet Office Minister Jon Trickett.

Parliamentary watchdogs have launched an investigation into Jeremy Hunt after he admitted to breaching money laundering rules, PoliticsHome can reveal.

Theresa May today accused Jeremy Corbyn of allowing anti-Semitism to “run rife” in Labour - as she heaped praise on two MPs who spoke out about the horrific abuse they have faced.

The decision to destroy the Windrush generation's landing papers was taken while Labour was in power, Theresa May has said.

A former Labour mayor has been suspended from the party for calling Theresa May and Esther McVey "foul b*****s', PoliticsHome can reveal.

Keir Starmer has hit back at Barry Gardiner for appearing to suggest the Good Friday Agreement is outdated and describing a key plank of Labour's Brexit policy as "b******s".

The Government has hinted at fresh changes to its flagship Brexit bill in a bid to stave off likely defeat in the House of Lords.

The shortfall in military personnel is the largest it has been in a decade and ministers must take swift action to close the gap, the official Government watchdog has said.