Newly appointed shadow minister Laura Pidcock is reportedly being groomed as the heir apparent to Jeremy Corbyn.

Nick Clegg has claimed a £115,000 allowance usually granted to former prime ministers.

Ukip leader Henry Bolton's girlfriend has been suspended from the party after sending racist text messages about Prince Harry's fiancee, Meghan Markle.

The new Conservative chairman has vowed to go "hell for leather" to win the online campaigning battle against Labour. 

 

Rebel Labour MP Wes Streeting will today call on Jeremy Corbyn to firm the party’s stance on Europe and commit to staying in both the single market and customs union.

Eric Pickles heads a list of Tory grandees lined up to be offered peerages next week.

Laura Pidcock, the Corbynite MP who declared she had “no intention of being friends” with any Tory MP, has been appointed Shadow Minister for Labour. 

Allegations of inappropriate behaviour from two Labour MPs have today been referred to Labour’s highest disciplinary body.

Nigel Farage has reportedly been docked half of his monthly MEP salary after a European Parliament investigation found he had misused public funds.

What a difference a year makes.

Former shadow minister Chris Williamson has claimed Jeremy Corbyn is the "best leader" Labour has ever had, including Clement Attlee. 

Former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale trousered £70,000 for her appearance on reality TV show I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, it was announced today.

Boris Johnson has blamed Jeremy Corbyn and Sadiq Khan for Donald Trump's decision to cancel a planned visit to London to open the new American embassy.

With the festivities over for another year, Parliament is back in full swing and it's time to pay attention again. Test how much you remember from the last week...

A fresh vote on whether Britain should quit the EU would see the result of the 2016 referendum overturned, a new poll has suggested.

Labour has brought in the charity Rape Crisis to help victims affected by sexual harassment in the party.

With the centenary of the Representation of the People Act just around the corner, Dawn Butler believes 2018 is the year for women. She talks to Elizabeth Bates about shortlists, transgender rights, and why she believes Theresa May is no feminist

Labour should allow transgender people to stand as candidates in all-women shortlists, according to a senior frontbencher.

Jeremy Corbyn has sacked one of his closest allies from the Labour frontbench after he called for council tax to be doubled on high-value homes.

Ukip leader Henry Bolton has dismissed Nigel Farage’s suggestion that a second vote on whether Britain quits the EU could be held in a bid to silence Remain-supporting critics.

Ken Clarke is the longest serving MP in the Commons – just don’t call him Father of the House. Inspired by Brexit to run in his Nottinghamshire seat for a 13th time at the last election, the Tory grandee believes British politics is in the midst of its “maddest” period since he first entered Parliament. Gearing up for what is likely to be the final battle of his career, the unflappable 77-year-old tells Robert Orchard how he thrives in a crisis

Dozens of top A&E doctors have warned Theresa May that patients are dying in hospital corridors as winter pressures make conditions in NHS hospitals “intolerable”.

Theresa May today accused peers of trying to “undermine” the press and vowed to overturn their bid for another Leveson-style inquiry.

Nigel Farage has said Britain could have a second EU referendum to silence Remain-supporting critics and “finish the whole thing off”.