Some of Britain's biggest companies have reacted angrily after being asked by Downing Street to sign a letter backing the Government's Brexit strategy.

Football clubs should be banned from having their shirts sponsored by gambling firms, Labour has said.

Theresa May suppressed up to nine reports into immigration when she was Home Secretary because the findings were “inconvenient” to the Government, it was claimed today.

A pro-Jeremy Corbyn Labour MP who sparked fury by calling Conservatives "the enemy" has said she will work with Tory MPs if it will help her constituents.

Traditionalist Conservative backbencher Jacob Rees-Mogg has been condemned after revealing he is against abortion even in cases where a woman has been raped.

Labour's long-standing election chief has quit - opening the way for Jeremy Corbyn to tighten his grip on the party.

Theresa May is repotedly preparing to ditch Tory manifesto plans to cut the number of MPs from 650 to 600.

Conservative grassroots group Activate has been mocked after it emerged thousands of its Twitter followers were fake profiles.

Diane Abbott received ten times as much abuse as any other MP in the run up to the June general election, it has been revealed.

Jeremy Corbyn has ordered Labour MPs to vote against a key Brexit bill when it faces its first parliamentary hurdle in the coming days.

The Ukip leadership race exploded into a bitter row over Islam in Britain and the controversial practice of Female Genital Mutilation last night as candidates took part in the first official hustings.

A Government minister has failed to give his backing to Theresa May leading the Conservatives into the next election.

Eccentric backbencher Jacob Rees-Mogg is the most popular Conservative figure to seize the leadership from Theresa May, a new survey of party members has found.

European Union Withdrawal Bill 'sets the tone for the kind of Britain we're going to be', says chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission in an interview with PoliticsHome.

In an interview with PoliticsHome, Veterans Aid CEO Dr Hugh Milroy conceptualises what veteran support should look like in the 21st Century.

The next round of Brexit negotiations will be delayed by an "important intervention" by Theresa May, a senior EU official has predicted.

Some 365 new schools or 21 new hospitals could have been built by Conservative ministers since 2010 had they taken bold action on tax avoidance, Labour claimed today.

Theresa May’s government will collapse next year because of Cabinet splits over Brexit, leading economists have predicted.

A former MP has vowed to "unite" the Scottish Labour party as he launched his bid to become its next leader.

Britain is ready to "intensify" the Brexit negotiations in a bid to break the deadlock of its so-called 'divorce bill', Downing Street has said.

Jeremy Corbyn today led senior Labour figures in hailing McDonald’s workers striking over pay and conditions.

Theresa May is reportedly toying with an autumn reshuffle to try to assert herself over rebellious Conservative colleagues.

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

A pro-Jeremy Corbyn former trade union official has entered the race to succeed Kezia Dugdale as the new leader of the Scottish Labour party.