Trade unions have hit out at plans by allies of Jeremy Corbyn to carry out a major reorganisation of the Labour Party before he quits as leader.

Jeremy Corbyn's successor as Labour leader will be announced on 4 April, party bosses have announced.

Labour's ruling National Executive Committee met on Monday to finalise the rules for what promises to be a bruising contest as the party picks Jeremy Corbyn's successor after its election drubbing. But how exactly will the battle work? Matt Honeycombe-Foster digs out the rulebook

Boris Johnson has warned Donald Trump not to bomb cultural sites in Iran amid rising tensions in the Middle East following the killing of Qassem Suleimani.

The Labour Party must "win or die", Angela Rayner has warned as she unveiled her pitch to become its new deputy leader.

Ministers have committed a further £165m fund to keep the Troubled Families programme running for another year.

Jeremy Corbyn backers are being warned not to “skew” the rules around the Labour leadership contest that could block supporters of moderate candidates voting in the race.

The husband of jailed charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has called for an urgent meeting with Boris Johnson in the wake of growing tensions with Iran.

Allies of Jeremy Corbyn are planning a major re-organisation of the Labour Party before his successor is appointed, PoliticsHome has learned.

Boris Johnson has said "we will not lament" the death of Qasem Soleimani as he finally broke his silence on the Iranian military chief's assassination by the USA.

Jess Phillips has suggested she would back re-joining the European Union if she wins the Labour leadership contest.

Rebecca Long Bailey is preparing to officially enter the Labour leadership race after it emerged she will not attend a meeting which will agree the rules of the contest.

The Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has said Boris Johnson is still “in charge” over the developing Middle East crisis despite being on holiday in the Caribbean.

In recent days, the question in Labour circles has been "where's Becky?"

Ex-civil service commissioner Sir David Normington has warned Dominic Cummings he can’t reform Whitehall without support.

Sadiq Khan says voters “got it right” by not backing Labour putting Jeremy Corbyn into power last month.

Boris Johnson has come under fire for his failure to respond to killing of Iranian military leader Qassem Suleimani by America.

MPs have been ‘misled’ over the spiralling cost of HS2, the former deputy chair of the government’s review has said.

Sir Keir Starmer has become the latest Labour MP to enter the race to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as leader.

Boris Johnson will sit down for talks on Britain's post-Brexit future with the president of the European Commission next week.

Jeremy Corbyn has written to Boris Johnson to demand a Privy Council briefing on the United States’s decision to kill an Iranian military chief. 

Lisa Nandy has become the latest candidate to enter the Labour leadership race with a pledge to win back northern voters who deserted the party at the general election.

Jess Phillips has called on Labour members to elect "a different kind of leader" as she joined the race to succeed Jeremy Corbyn.

Contenders for the Labour leadership have lined up to condemn America's decision to assassinate Iran's most senior military leader.

Dominic Raab has called for a "de-escalation" of tensions in the Middle East after the United States assassinated Iran's most senior military leader.

Labour has launched a bid to delay the Brexit process again if the Government fails to strike a trade deal with the EU by the end of the year.

Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran has become the first MP to come out as pansexual after she revealed she was in a relationship with a woman.

Dominic Cummings has launched an appeal for “weirdos and misfits” to apply for jobs in Downing Street as part of his plans to shake up the way the Government is run.

Dan Jarvis is plotting a bid to become the next leader of the Labour Party, PoliticsHome has learned.

Number 10's plans for a "seismic" overhaul of the civil service have been branded "insulting" by trade unions representing Whitehall staff.

Troubled train operator Northern Rail will be stripped of its franchise over its "completely unacceptable" performance, the Transport Secretary has suggested.

Ministers are considering extending compulsory microchipping to cats as they join animal welfare charities in urging pet owners to take action.

Ministers have been accused of presiding over “another decade of misery” on the railways as the latest hikes to train fares kicks in.

Civil servants are "woefully unprepared" for "seismic" changes to their working culture being planned by Number 10, the author of the Tory manifesto has declared.

Sir Keir Starmer is currently the favourite among Labour members to become the next leader, according to a new poll.

The former heads of both the Leave and Remain campaigns have joined forces to call for a "decade of reconnection" after years of "division" in Britain.