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Outspoken Labour MP Jess Phillips has questioned whether it was right for Kelvin Hopkins to be promoted despite an allegation he sexually harassed a party activist.
Ruth Davidson has said the “dam has broken” and it is time to clean up politics in the wake of the Westminster sex abuse scandal.
Michael Fallon has admitted he had to apologise to a journalist for putting his hand on her knee during a dinner.
Shami Chakrabarti has called for the Today programme to apologise after Michael Gove made a joke on the programme about disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein.
Both Labour and the Liberal Democrats knew about Jared O’Mara’s sexist and homophobic online comments ahead of the June general election, Nick Clegg's wife has claimed.
Michael Gove has been forced to apologise after a joke he made about disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein sparked fury.
Former Leader of Sheffield City Council and Liberal Democrat peer Lord Scriven writes that that Jared O’Mara's views 'do not represent the outward looking, tolerant and accepting people of Sheffield Hallam'.
Labour MP Jared O'Mara has been suspended from the party, as it emerged he made misogynistic comments online as recently as 2009.
Labour has launched an official investigation into Jared O’Mara amid a storm over sexist and racist comments he made in the past.
A Labour MP who made a series of sexist and homophobic remarks has said football and lad culture “warped” his mind when he was a young man.
A Tory peer has revealed an MP stroked her neck while she drove when she was 22.
Jeremy Corbyn has condemned one of his MPs who was caught on camera telling a Labour member to “get on your knees, b*tch”.
Clive Lewis has apologised “unreservedly” after a video emerged of him telling an audience member at a Momentum event to “get on your knees, b*itch”.
Senior Labour figures have rounded on Clive Lewis after a video emerged of him telling an audience member to “get on your knees, b*tch”.
Theresa May has backed plans to let people officially change gender without medical checks.
Darra Singh, Head of Government and Public Sector at EY, has commented on the publication of the UK's Race Disparity Audit.
Theresa May today opened a major front in “the battle to defeat ethnic injustice” as she published a landmark audit illustrating the stark divides in society.
The ‘Westminster bubble’ is broader, more welcoming and better than it is perceived to be, says Mims Davies MP, Chair of the APPG on Women in Parliament.
The Conservatives should use their £1.5bn deal with the DUP to secure a "timetable” to improve equality in Northern Ireland, a senior minister has said.
Disabled people are being “shut out of the jobs market” in huge numbers due to the attitudes and discrimination they can face throughout the recruitment process, according to research published today.
Diane Abbott has urged Labour supporters not to engage in online abuse of BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg.
SSE has become the first FTSE 100 company to publish its gender pay gap in line with the government's new Gender Pay Gap Reporting requirements, well in advance of the 4 April 018 deadline.
The Prime Minister may act like she is on the side of women and our diverse communities, but her actions tell another story, writes Dawn Butler
The Bar Council has responded to new findings from the Work Foundation which shows that, despite efforts already made to ensure that the Queen’s Counsel (QC) appointment system gives all qualified applicants a fair chance of appointment, more action is needed to encourage applications from women.