Boris Johnson has been urged to “get a grip” and launch an investigation into the "astonishing" resignation of the Home Office’s top mandarin, Sir Philip Rutnam, over a bullying row with Priti Patel.

Here is Sir Philip's full statement announcing his resignation as Permanent Secretary at the Home Office.

The Home Office's top mandarin has quit his job and vowed to sue the Government for "constructive dismissal".

Sajid Javid would have slashed income tax in the upcoming spring budget had he not resigned as Chancellor, he revealed last night.

Keir Starmer is on course for a decisive win in Labour’s leadership contest, while Angela Rayner is the frontrunner in the deputy race, according to a new poll.

Jeremy Corbyn has called on Keir Starmer to reveal who is financing his Labour leadership campaign.

Deradicalisation programmes in prisons must be adequately funded and run – or we risk fuelling extremism, writes Baroness Huessein-Ece

Labour Peer Lord Bassam of Brighton on his week in politics

Life in Westminster has got off to a whirlwind start for Pontypridd’s first woman MP. The Labour backbencher talks to Sebastian Whale about the party leadership, breastfeeding in the Commons and why a job in DCMS would be her dream role

Ministers have defended the decision to ditch an EU-wide agreement on the speedy extradition of criminals after Brexit.

Transferable skills utilised in cleaning up the Sellafield site can support the next phase of clean energy projects in the UK and other projects of major national importance, says Sellafield.

Keir Starmer is under pressure to reveal who is financing his Labour leadership campaign after Lisa Nandy joined Rebecca Long-Bailey in publishing a list of her donors.

Downing Street has sought to formalise the recruitment process for special advisers in further sign of a push to centralise power around Boris Johnson.

What John Bercow’s moderately entertaining memoir lacks in self-reflection and modesty it more than makes up for in score-settling vitriol, writes Patrick Kidd

The Goverment has finally published its opening gambit in talks on the UK's future relationship with the EU. But what's it actually pitching? PolHome's Matt Honeycombe-Foster takes a look

The government IR35 review published today is “recklessly inadequate”, IPSE (the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed), has warned.

Heathrow say they will appeal to the Supreme Court and are confident they will be successful. 

The Government’s plans to allow a third runway at Heathrow airport have been ruled unlawful for failing to consider the environmental impact of the scheme.

The Tories raked in a record-breaking £37 million in donations ahead of the election, almost four-times more than Labour.

Boris Johnson has been urged to pump an extra £200bn into Britain’s regions over the next two decades to make good on his pledge to “level up” the country and tackle a stark North-South divide.

Len McCluskey has called on Keir Starmer and Lisa Nandy to provide a full list of those donating to their Labour leadership campaigns.

Keir Starmer is on course for a comfortable victory in the race to succeed Jeremy Corbyn, according to a new poll.

At least one girl and nine other civilians were killed today during the shelling of ten schools, as the latest escalation in conflict continues, Save the Children and partner Hurras Network can confirm. Some schools were in class, some had broken up for the day and some were being used as shelters.

Sellafield Ltd has become a Founder Patron of the Warrington OnSide Youth Zone – a state-of-the-art facility for young people, soon to be built in the centre of Warrington.