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Boris Johnson has been branded a "pound shop Donald Trump" after he said Muslim women who wear burkas looked like bank robbers and letter boxes.
Ministers must bring back maintenance grants if the number of students from poorer backgrounds attending the country’s top universities is to rise, the institutions’ boss has said.
Theresa May is under pressure to ban eating dogs in Britain, after it emerged that the practice is increasing.
The European Union risks going against the principles of its own rule book by refusing to reach a compromise with Britain on its exit terms, Government officials have reportedly said.
Care workers from the EU must have priority under any post-Brexit migration system or British women face having to quit their jobs to look after ageing relatives, ministers have warned.
Labour party probes into MPs Margaret Hodge and Ian Austin should be "quietly dropped", according to one of Jeremy Corbyn's frontbench team.
Tom Watson has hit back after receiving a deluge of abuse on social media for speaking out against Labour’s anti-Semitism problem.
Jeremy Corbyn has today apologised to Jewish people over the “hurt that’s been caused” by anti-Semitism in the Labour party and said it is his responsibility to root it out.
The Home Office has been accused of ‘gagging’ victims of the Windrush scandal in exchange for quick compensation, despite promising not to do so.
European Union “intransigence” means Britain is more likely to crash out of the European Union without a deal than to reach agreement, Liam Fox has insisted.
Nigel Farage is said to be considering running for Parliament for the eight time.
David Cameron reportedly considers his former ally Michael Gove to be a “lunatic” and blames him for the loss of his career after the Brexit referendum defeat.
Tom Watson has called for Labour to drop its disciplinary action against Margaret Hodge and Ian Austin - as he warned the party will "disappear into a vortex of eternal shame and embarrassment" if it does not tackle its anti-Semitism crisis.
A jobs website championed by Esther McVey as a resource for young people to find summer work has been advertising roles offering as little as £2 an hour.
The Governor of the Bank of England has sparked a slump in the pound after revealing his predictions for a 'no deal' Brexit.
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has promised the husband of a charity worker jailed in Iran for spying that he will do everything he can to secure her release.
Labour frontbenchers have thrown their weight behind shadow equalities minister Carolyn Harris, after she came under fire for allegedly using a homophobic slur.
A meeting between Theresa May and French President Emmanuel Macron remains shrouded in secrecy.
Jeremy Corbyn has told anti-Semites in the Labour party they are not acting in his name and he will kick them out.
A Labour councillor has quit the party over an anti-Semitic post on social media claiming Jews drink blood and sexually abuse children.
Ed Balls has weighed in on Labour’s anti-Semitism row by calling on Jeremy Corbyn to fully accept an internationally-agreed definition of anti-semitism.
Jeremy Corbyn is facing calls to sack his equalities spokesperson following claims she branded a former member of staff a "dyke".
The chances of Britain leaving the European Union next year without a deal are “uncomfortably high”, the governor of the Bank of England has warned.
Forty percent of people would back the introduction of a universal basic income scheme of the kind currently being considered by Labour, a new poll has found.
The French government has scotched suggestions Theresa May might be able to soften France's hardline Brexit stance at a meeting with President Emmanuel Macron today.
Business chiefs have accused the Government of leaving companies "in the dark" by failing to make clear how it would cope with a no deal Brexit.
Senior Labour frontbenchers have given Jeremy Corbyn their full support as he prepares to address Jewish concerns about his commitment to tackling anti-Semitism in the Labour party.
Ministers are being urged to stop families being “pulled into poverty” over the summer holidays, as a top foodbank charity revealed a spike in requests for help during the school break.
Brussels is ready to water down its stance on the Irish border in an attempt to secure a Brexit deal with the UK, Michel Barnier has said.
A former Labour official forced to quit for defending a Holocaust denier has backed Peter Willsman's bid to be re-elected to the party's national executive committee.
The Liberal Democrats are considering allowing non-members to cast their votes in the next race for the party leadership, it has emerged.
Britain's elections watchdog has dismissed allegations from Priti Patel about the official Remain campaign's spending - and pushed back at claims of bias from the Brexiteer Tory MP.
Families in debt could be clobbered by fresh costs, Labour has warned, as the Bank of England hiked interest rates to their highest level since the financial crash.
Labour MPs believe "disciplinary procedures" should take place against a close ally of Jeremy Corbyn following his comments about Jewish people, shadow equalities minister Naz Shah has said.
A former House of Commons clerk has accused Labour MP Keith Vaz of bullying her.
A cross-party coalition of politicians has urged Philip Hammond to plough billions of pounds of extra funding into transport in the North of England.