Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable has backed proposals for a new NHS and social care tax that would replace National Insurance. 

Gerry Adams has said he hopes Jeremy Corbyn will become the next Prime Minister, as he spoke of his “outstanding” political abilities.

Theresa May will lay out plans for a new criminal offence aimed at tackling rising abuse and intimidation in politics.

The Conservatives have launched an online petition and vowed to "step up" their speaker programme at British universities after Friday's fracas at an event featuring Jacob Rees-Mogg. 

Angus Robertson has resigned as the SNP's depute leader.

Senior Conservatives have warned that the party could be facing disaster in London local elections due to the Foreign Secretary’s Brexit stance.

The Prime Minister is to set out a plan to heal deep splits within cabinet and break the impasse over the UK’s post-Brexit relationship with the EU.

Jeremy Corbyn has backed the Labour ruling executive over a bitter housing development row that saw a council leader quit.

Theresa May and Philip Hammond have been urged to publish their full tax returns after Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell once again produced theirs.

Theresa May and Liam Fox have clashed over whether the UK should stay in a customs union with the EU after Brexit.

Conservative minister Steve Baker was today forced to apologise in the House of Commons for suggesting civil servants could be conspiring to scupper Brexit.

Michael Gove is now second favourite to replace Theresa May as Tory leader, according to a new poll of Tory supporters.

Theresa May has been urged to sack a minister who suggested the civil service is trying to sabotage Brexit.

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

A government minister today suggested the civil service could be conspiring to keep Britain in the customs union after Brexit.

Government departments have used more than four million disposable coffee cups in just the past four years, official figures have revealed.

Theresa May’s former top aide Nick Timothy should “shut the f*** up”, according to the new deputy chair of the Conservative party.

Conservative MPs will scupper Theresa May’s plans to deliver a hard Brexit, George Osborne warned today.

Theresa May has vowed to end free movement on the day Britain quits the European Union - teeing up a fresh battle with Brussels.

A peer who dramatically quit the Government on the floor of the House of Lords yesterday has agreed to rejoin the frontbench.

Michael Gove has paved the way for a major crackdown on water company bosses who use tax havens and pocket bumper salaries while bills continue to soar.

A former minister has called on Theresa May to "get a grip" and start providing some leadership on Brexit before she is destroyed by her own MPs.

Downing St has swiftly distanced itself from David Lidington after he told Labour's Emily Thornberry to “grow-up” in a bad-tempered Commons exchange over lowering the voting age. 

The Government will publish leaked Brexit analysis in full after Labour secured a Commons vote demanding its release.