On 8 June Labour’s Preet Gill became the first woman Sikh MP. She talks to Sebastian Whale about making history, her hero bus-driver father and defying expectations

An outspoken Conservative MP launched a tirade against her own party in the House of Commons today - saying she could “barely put into words” her anger about their deal with the DUP.

A top Labour frontbencher has hit out after it emerged a local council meeting about the Grenfell Tower tragedy will exclude both victims and journalists.

Former Labour frontbencher Clive Lewis is under pressure to explain why he was the only MP not to vote on Labour's bid to scrap the public sector pay cap.

A senior Conservative MP and former Cabinet minister has said that Theresa May should quit as Prime Minister within 18 months. 

A Labour bid to force the Government to recruit more police officers and firefighters while also lifting the cap on public sector pay has been defeated.

Jeremy Corbyn will present Labour's alternative programme for government today as Theresa May faces the biggest test of her authority since losing her majority at the election.

The Government was in turmoil tonight after appearing to backtrack on plans to lift the cap on public sector pay.

Commenting on the British Social Attitudes survey findings, Sarah Wootton, Chief Executive of Dignity in Dying said:

Jeremy Corbyn today blamed the “disastrous effects of austerity” for the tragic fire at Grenfell Tower that claimed the lives of at least 79 victims.

Theresa May today hit out at the "intimidation" of parliamentary candidates, after one of her MPs revealed that opposition activists had urinated on her office door.

Pro-Jeremy Corbyn group Momentum are set to launch their next general election campaign just weeks after polling day.

A key minister in David Cameron’s government has called on Theresa May and Philip Hammond to increase taxes to fund higher spending on public services. 

A new report has called for “deep seated reform” to boost social mobility after finding two decades of government efforts have struggled to reduce the gap between rich and poor.

Vince Cable is on the verge of becoming leader of the Liberal Democrats after former energy secretary Ed Davey ruled himself out of the running.

The SNP have lodged a formal complaint with the UK Government over the Tory-DUP pact, claiming it has deprived Scotland of nearly £3bn.

Philip Hammond has taken a swipe at Boris Johnson in a speech in Germany. 

Nicola Sturgeon has ditched her plan for a snap referendum on Scottish independence – just three months after demanding it be held by spring 2019.

The Government has confirmed that its plan to abolish the Serious Fraud Office has been shelved for the foreseeable future.

A senior SNP MP has hinted at a twenty-year timeframe for Scotland to become independent, as Nicola Sturgeon prepares to make a statement on her plans for another referendum. 

Theresa May lost her majority at the general election because she fought it on the “world’s worst manifesto," a Conservative former chairman has said.

The £1bn deal between Theresa May and the DUP is a “small price to pay” to prevent a return to brutal violence in Northern Ireland, Michael Fallon said today.

The death toll from the Grenfell Tower disaster may have been covered up to keep public anger at bay, a prominent Labour MP has suggested.

Theresa May has revealed talks are underway for her to become the first Conservative prime minister since Margaret Thatcher to address the European Parliament.