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A former Labour MP has won £75,000 in libel damages from a union and the owner of a far-left website.
The Independent Group for Change is shutting down less than a year after it was created after losing all its MPs at the General Election.
Zac Goldsmith has been given a peerage after losing his seat so he can stay on as environment minister and attend Cabinet.
Boris Johnson is considering plans for new espionage legislation aimed at beefing up security services against attacks from foreign states.
Boris Johnson has announced he will ban public institutions from holding anti-Israel boycotts after they were labelled a “thin disguise for anti-Semitism” by a former Tory chairman.
Boris Johnson’s second Queen’s Speech beefed-up the Tory agenda with a number of fresh bills introduced that were omitted from the state opening just three months ago. Anahita Hossein-Pour takes a detailed look.
The Brexit department is to be “wound up” after the UK leaves the EU on January 31, the Government has confirmed.
Boris Johnson made a bid to cement the Tories’ new electoral coalition as he unveiled a Queen’s Speech heavy on Brexit, the NHS and workers’ rights.
Nicola Sturgeon has called on Boris Johnson to hand the powers to hold future independence referendums to the Scottish Parliament.
Emily Thornberry has accused "courtiers" working for Jeremy Corbyn of "undermining" the leader during the election campaign.
More than 50 MPs have launched a campaign to get Big Ben to chime as Britain leaves the European Union on 31 January.
The Liberal Democrats' policy of revoking Article 50 and cancelling Brexit was not "realistic", Sir Ed Davey has admitted.
Nicola Sturgeon has vowed to make an "unarguable" case for a fresh referendum on Scottish independence in the wake of the general election.
A bill guaranteeing a multi-billion cash boost for the NHS will be the first piece of domestic legislation introduced by the new Government.
The Government is set to hand new powers to British judges in lower courts to overturn rulings by the European Court of Justice after Brexit.
Emily Thornberry has confirmed she will enter the race to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader.
Labour has attacked ministers for causing a "national shame" after new figures revealed a steep rise in homelessness ahead of Christmas.
Tony Blair has accused Jeremy Corbyn of turning Labour into a "glorified protest group with cult trimmings" as he laid the blame for the party's election defeat at the leader's door.
Keir Starmer has said last week’s general election defeat has not dented the need for “a bold and radical Labour government” as he all-but confirmed that he will run to be the party's next leader.
The Muslim Council of Britain has accused Boris Johnson of "deceit" after the Conservatives ditched their commitment to holding a probe specifically into Islamophobia in the party.
A raft of Labour MPs tore into Jeremy Corbyn and his leadership team at a meeting in Parliament to discuss their disastrous election results.
Labour faces being replaced as the main opposition to the Conservatives if it tries to "whitewash" the causes of its shattering general election defeat, Tony Blair will warn.
Nursing students will get a new £5,000 a year grant from next September to help with the cost of their courses.
A promise by Boris Johnson not to water down workers' rights after the UK leaves the EU is to be enshrined in a new law, it has emerged.
The Tories under Boris Johnson are now more popular with the working classes than the middle classes, according to a new poll.
Real term wages are still lower than they were before the financial crisis despite record high employment, new figures show.
More than 100 charities have urged Boris Johnson not to press ahead with a plan to scrap the Department for International Development.
Sadiq Khan has ripped into Jeremy Corbyn over his "ludicrous" claim that Labour "won the argument" on a host of issues despite suffering its worst general election performance since the 1930s.
Boris Johnson will beef up his Brexit bill to make it illegal for ministers to try and extend the EU transition period beyond the end of next year.
The Tories have become “rather blasé” about the impact of public spending cuts, according to the head of a leading economic think tank.
Nicky Morgan is to keep her job as Culture Secretary, despite quitting as an MP ahead of the general election.
Angela Rayner is to join the race to be Labour's new deputy leader after agreeing to back Becky Long-Bailey's bid to succeed Jeremy Corbyn.
The SNP will be the “real opposition” to Boris Johnson in Parliament after winning 80% of Scottish seats, the party's Westminster leader has declared.
A report into allegations of Russian interference in UK elections has finally been cleared for publication by Boris Johnson.
Labour's Emily Thornberry has said she is taking legal action against former MP Caroline Flint over claims she called Brexit supporters "stupid".
The BBC's coverage of the general election "played a part" in Labour's crushing defeat, according to one of the party's most senior MPs.