Commenting on the findings of the Social Mobility Commission’s State of the Nation report

MPs have urged Theresa May to call a Bank Holiday to mark Prince Harry's wedding to Meghan Markle after the idea was initially dismissed by Number 10.

Labour has accused the Government of ‘unprecedented rigging’ in its bid to stop a major Commons revolt against the Finance Bill.

Priti Patel has accused the Government of being “ill-equipped” to cope with Brexit, just weeks after she was forced to resign from the Cabinet.

Supporters of Jeremy Corbyn have been accused of mounting an “aggressive purge” on moderate Labour councillors and forcing them off ballot papers for re-election.

Britons will not be given a Bank Holiday to mark Prince Harry's wedding to Meghan Markle, Downing Street has confirmed.

A top DUP MP has sparked a race row after he appeared to poke fun at the Irish prime minister's Indian heritage.

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

Damian Green was set to pay a senior DUP employee out of Conservative Party coffers after a civil servant refused calls for them to be funded by the Government, it has been reported.

Labour has blasted Philip Hammond after the Chancellor quietly revealed the so-called Google Tax will miss out on some £700m from multinational firms.

Tory candidates received almost double the abuse of their Labour rivals during the general election, a survey has revealed. 

Labour is facing fresh questions over its sexual misconduct investigation procedures after a staff member was found dead in an apparent suicide.

EU chiefs want Britain to automatically accept new regulations from Brussels during the two-year transition period after Brexit, it has been reported.

Left-wing campaign group Momentum is reportedly asking prospective Labour MPs to sign a contract pledging their commitment to Jeremy Corbyn in exchange for support.

Rumours about 200 journalists descending on the DUP conference this weekend proved rather wide of the mark. But the party doesn’t care.

The state should pay for school leavers to work on aid projects during gap years, Conservative MP George Freeman has said.

The average worker will be £2,257 worse off by 2022, Jeremy Corbyn will claim today.

Philip Hammond ditched plans to hike VAT on small firms after coming under pressure from the DUP, PoliticsHome has learned.

Scandal-hit senior Tory Damian Green addressed a dinner of DUP top brass last night on the eve of the Northern Irish party’s annual conference.

A Conservative peer has threatened to resign the party whip in protest at the Government's decision to scrap the post of Disability Commissioner.

Downing Street has defended the record of British firms trading with foreign companies - after Liam Fox accused them of not doing enough to export their goods around the globe.

Theresa May is set to reject Brussels demands that Brexit Britain sticks closely to EU regulations - after Michael Gove won a furious battle with Cabinet Remainers.

A government minister has said Labour suspended an MP accused of sexual harassment because he is a "Jewish Blairite".

Barbara Frost, WaterAid’s former Chief Executive, was invested today at Buckingham Palace as a Dame Commander of the British Empire by HRH The Prince of Wales, for exceptional services to the provision of safe water, sanitation and hygiene in developing countries.