Boris Johnson has taken a swipe at Theresa May's disastrous decision to call the snap general election. 

Boris Johnson has admitted Britain will have to pay a Brexit divorce bill - just weeks after saying the European Union would have to "go whistle" for the cash.

Jeremy Corbyn has slapped down one of his frontbenchers after they said female-only train carriages may be needed to tackle a rise in sex attacks.

Jeremy Corbyn will today call on the Government to end the benefits freeze - despite failing to contain a similar pledge in Labour's election manifesto.

Theresa May lost her Commons majority despite the Conservatives raising £15 million more than Labour in the run-up to the election.

Ruth Davidson has defended her decision to reinstate two Conservative councillors who posted anti-Catholic and racist tweets.

Scotland’s transport minister has said a video promoted by pro-Jeremy Corbyn group Momentum condemning the SNP's railways policy borders on "xenophobic”.

Harriet Harman has said she would have have won the Labour leadership contest in 2010 had she put herself forward for the job. 

Trade union heavyweight Len McCluskey reportedly supports Emily Thornberry becoming Labour leader when Jeremy Corbyn steps aside. 

The Government should scrap air passenger duty for those under 30 in a bid to recapture the youth vote from Labour, a thinktank has said.

Labour's pre-election pledge to boost the living wage to £10 an hour would lead to just under a quarter of British workers getting a pay rise, new analysis by the party claims.

One of Jeremy Corbyn's top spin doctors has quit after just six months in the job, PoliticsHome can reveal.

The Labour backlash against Chris Williamson's suggestion that female-only train carriages could reduce the number of sex attacks has arrived at his front door.

A new pro-Jeremy Corbyn Labour MP has declared Tory MPs to be “the enemy” and said she has “no intention of being friends with any of them”.

Scotland’s notional deficit fell by £1.3bn last year, official Scottish government statistics have revealed.

Theresa May has hailed a deal to sell red double-decker buses to Mexico as evidence that the UK is a “great, global trading nation”.

Jeremy Corbyn has criticised the Government for backing Donald Trump’s decision to commit the US to “fight and win” the war in Afghanistan. 

A senior Labour MP has accused Twitter of failing to act quickly enough on "vile" racist and sexist abuse by users of the website.

George Osborne has challenged the Government to prove it is “truly committed” to regional regeneration by backing high-speed rail between northern cities. 

Scotland 'holds the keys' to Labour returning to government at Westminster, Jeremy Corbyn has said.

A row has broken out after two Conservative councillors who were suspended over anti-Catholic and racist tweets were re-instated to the party.

Former Ukip leader Paul Nuttall has thrown his weight behind Peter Whittle to succeed him in the job.

Theresa May has held a series of "prosecco and canape" events with Tory MPs at her Chequers residence in a bid to shore up her leadership.

MPs will gather "with heads bowed" today to hear the final Big Ben bongs before the famous bell falls silent for four years.