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

The UK and EU are on a fresh collision course after Number 10 cast doubt on the Brexit deal struck by Boris Johnson last year.

Sajid Javid has accused Boris Johnson of failing to act "in the national interest" as he revealed the circumstances surrounding his resignation from the Cabinet.

Jeremy Corbyn has accused Boris Johnson of being a “part-time” prime minister as he took aim at the Tory leader’s response to flooding across the UK.

Sadiq Khan has announced that he is backing Keir Starmer to be the next leader of the Labour Party.

People who assault police officers should face longer stints behind bars, Priti Patel has suggested.

Former Tory MP Harvey Proctor has called for Labour’s Tom Watson to be denied a peerage after a long-running inquiry found no evidence of a VIP paedophile ring operating in Westminster.

Boris Johnson has unveiled the biggest review of the UK’s defence, security and foreign policy since the end of the Cold War.

Rebecca Long-Bailey’s campaign to become Labour leader has been boosted by more than £200,000 of donations from Unite, new figures show.

Ministers will have to spend an extra £54bn on public services if they are serious about ending austerity, a leading think tank has said.

A war of words between Downing Street and Brussels has erupted after the EU said it would not agree a post-Brexit trade deal with the UK "at any cost".

David Steel has resigned from the Lib Dems and quit the House of Lords in the wake of criticism at his handling of allegations of child abuse against Cyril Smith.

Sir Keir Starmer has called for Alastair Campbell to be allowed back into the Labour Party after he was booted out for backing the Liberal Democrats.

Westminster’s political parties turned a “blind eye” to child abuse and instead sought to protect MPs from prosecution, a damning public inquiry has found.

Tony Blair has joined a host of Labour grandees in backing Ian Murray as the party’s next deputy leader.

A Conservative MP has been forced to apologise after a video emerged of him exposing himself in a pub.

The EU is set to demand the UK keep its ban on chlorinated chicken if it wants to secure a post-Brexit trade deal with the bloc.

Government spending cuts has been blamed for “flatlining" life expectancy and worsening health inequalities over the past decade.

Emergency legislation to block the automatic early release of convicted terrorists will become law by the end of this week after being rushed through Parliament.

Hundreds of social media accounts had to be shut down last year because they were being used inside prisons, PoliticsHome can reveal.

Angela Rayner has accused Jeremy Corbyn of failing to win the "respect" of voters as she launched a bitter attack on his leadership.

Britain's top civil servant has described a major Whitehall row with Priti Patel as a "distraction", as he ordered an end to "unattributable" media briefings by government officials.

Boris Johnson will prioritise "taking back control" of the UK's laws from Brussels over agreeing a free trade deal with the EU, it has emerged.

Boris Johnson has expressed his "full confidence" in Home Secretary Priti Patel amid claims she had been cut out of intelligence briefings.

Boris Johnson has stayed away from flood-hit parts of the country because he does not want to "distract" from recovery efforts, Downing Street has said.

Shadow Health Secretary Jon Ashworth has branded rising health inequalities as a "national disgrace".

The owners of venues in the UK could be legally required to introduce measures to protect them from terrorism under new plans by the Home Office.

Priti Patel has ordered a leak inquiry into a number of “hostile briefings” accusing her of bullying officials and losing the trust of MI5 on security issues.

Keir Starmer has pledged to give Rebecca Long-Bailey and Lisa Nandy rivals "top jobs" in his Shadow Cabinet if he defeats them in the race to become Labour leader.

Diane Abbott has confirmed she will stand down from the shadow Cabinet whoever wins the Labour leadership contest.

The new Environment Secretary failed to confirm that the UK will ban the import of chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated beef from the US.

Donald Trump is said to be furious with Boris Johnson over the decision to award Huawei with the contract to build part of the UK’s 5G network, calling it a “betrayal”.

The House of Lords is facing criticism after it was revealed peers’ expense claims have risen by 29% in a year, taking the total bill to £23million.

Labour must end its internal divisions or it faces being locked out of power for a generation, according to Keir Starmer.

French President Emmanual Macron has said he’s “not sure” that an UK-EU trade deal can be reached by the end of the year.