After reality checks in Brussels and the mystery of vanishing Brexit reports, Seema Malhotra anticipates a famished future of late nights and three line whips

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

Ministers are reportedly preparing to settle a long standing £450m debt to Iran in a bid to have Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe freed from prison.

John McDonnell will today demand an “emergency Budget” for public services as he lays out Labour’s vision for the British economy.

A top Labour MP has been placed under investigation by the party over allegations he made inappropriate sexual advances towards women.

Foster the leader. Foster the king-maker. Foster the devout Christian. Foster the ‘toxic brand’. Arlene Foster says she and her party are misunderstood by a London media and political class out of touch with the realities of Northern Irish politics. Daniel Bond travels to Stormont to meet her

Scottish Labour has suspended MSP Alex Rowley hours after he stood aside as interim leader following allegations of abuse.

Jeremy Corbyn has demanded the Government halts the roll-out of its flagship benefits reform as he claimed it was leading to “blanket threats of eviction”.

Ruth Davidson “hit the roof” after a Theresa May tweet appeared to suggest that Scotland had become independent.

Labour has called on the Government to “ratchet down tensions” with Russia and insisted there needs to be "more evidence" of the Kremlin interfering in Western democracies.

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David Cameron has turned down an invitation to appear on Alex Salmond's controversial new chat show, PoliticsHome can reveal.

Alex Rowley dramatically quit as interim Scottish Labour leader today over an allegation he sent abusive messages to an ex-partner.

A pair of prominent Conservative MPs have urged Jeremy Corbyn to dump Emma Dent Coad from Labour after it emerged she described a black election candidate as a "token ghetto boy".

Tory veteran Ken Clarke has slated the Government’s "silly" attempt to enshrine in law the day Britain must quit the European Union.

Downing Street has urged Alex Salmond to "reconsider" his decision to host a chat show on Kremlin-funded TV station Russia Today, PoliticsHome can reveal.

Cabinet ministers fear next week's Budget will be a "car crash" as Philip Hammond comes under mounting pressure to turn around the Government's fortunes with a voter-friendly spending package.

Jacob Rees-Mogg has urged the Government to follow through on the controversial pledge to hand £350m a week to the NHS after Britain quits the EU.

Theresa May’s former chief of staff has slammed Philip Hammond, saying he lacks the “desire” and “imagination” to change the lives of ordinary voters. 

Boris Johnson has finally apologised to the family of Nazanin over his gaffe that could add another five years to a British mother's time in an Iranian prison.

A Labour MP has been accused of "distasteful prejudice” over a blog post she wrote criticising a black Conservative candidate.

Nicky Morgan has said her fellow Conservative MP Boris Johnson should consider quitting over his gaffe that could add another five years to a British mother's time in an Iranian prison.

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

Allies of the Prime Minister have accused Boris Johnson and Michael Gove of a “sordid attempt” to remove Philip Hammond, after a letter appearing to criticise the Chancellor was leaked.