Theresa May has agreed to water down a key Government pledge on the date of Brexit in order to avoid another humiliating Commons defeat. 

The Brexit transition period must last for 21 months and not the two years suggested by Theresa May, top Brussels negotiator Michel Barnier said today.

Council tax bills are set to soar by £100 on average after ministers handed town halls the power to hike rates further without asking the public.

Theresa May is set for a humiliating climbdown on her promise to stamp the Brexit date into UK law as scores of MPs line up to back a rival amendment.

Theresa May did not raise her concerns about Donald Trump's endorsement of anti-Muslim videos posted by a far-right British group in her first conversation with him since the row broke.

Election watchdogs have fined the official Remain campaign and the Liberal Democrats thousands of pounds for breaching election spending rules in the EU referendum.

Theresa May’s former right-hand man Nick Timothy has said the Government must be prepared to raise taxes for the wealthy in order to “turbocharge” social mobility.

Jeremy Corbyn has said he will ‘probably’ become Prime Minister within the next 12 months after falling short on his rumoured ambition to be in Number 10 by Christmas.

Theresa May has insisted there "can never be a place for the threats of violence and intimidation" made against Tory MPs targeted for abuse by Brexit supporters.

Labour frontbencher Kate Osamor has defended her support for a boycott of Israeli goods and insisted that the Shadow Cabinet is not split over the issue.

Theresa May will reject any attempts to water down workers' rights after Brexit, Downing Street has said.

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

A Tory ex-minister who oversaw the hike in tuition fees to £9,000 a year has called on the Government overhaul its student loans repayments system.

Conservative backbenchers who last week defied the Government on Brexit have reportedly urged Downing Street to form a cross-party alliance against a hard EU withdrawal.

Theresa May is reportedly being urged to stay on as Prime Minister until near the time of the next election so as not to derail the fragile Brexit talks.

Campaigners have lashed out at alleged demands by top Brexit supporters to quit the EU working time directive.

SNP firebrand Mhairi Black has revealed she has never had a proper conversation with Nicola Sturgeon and was given style tips by Alex Salmond.

Diane Abbott has hinted that migration levels could remain much the same after Brexit under Labour.

Theresa May has insisted she will not be “derailed” in her mission to deliver Brexit.

Boris Johnson has warned the UK could become a “vassal state” if it fails to reject EU laws after Brexit.

Theresa May has urged voters to stop launching abusive attacks on MPs after a string of Conservatives said they had faced death threats.

Chancellor Philip Hammond has reportedly stunned colleagues by calling his Cabinet colleague Michael Gove a liar in a row over Brexit.

Anna Soubry, one of the Conservative MPs who rebelled to inflict the government’s first defeat over Brexit last week, has received messages saying she should be hanged for treason.

European leaders have given the green light to phase two of the Brexit negotiations - but told Britain it must abide by EU rules until 2021.