Former House of Commons Speaker John Bercow should be given a peerage despite objections from Number 10, his successor has said.

Boris Johnson has defended a £4bn deal which will see a US private equity firm purchasing a major British defence company, depsite concerns from UK military leaders.

Donald Trump has invited Boris Johnson to visit him in the White House as the US and UK look to strike a "massive trade deal" after Brexit.

Labour MP David Lammy has revealed he is considering a run at his party's leadership as he vowed to challenge Boris Johnson with "civic nationalism".

Former Labour deputy leader Lord Hattersley has called on the party's MPs to defy Rebecca Long-Bailey if she succeeds Jeremy Corbyn as leader.

A Labour MP has called on the party to expel one of its members after they unleashed a “barrage of abusive and false tweets” in the wake of the election.

Boris Johnson is to serve Christmas lunch to British troops in Estonia today during a visit to a Nato mission.

Boris Johnson has sparked anger after insisting Britain will not follow any EU rules after Brexit.

Boris Johnson has expanded the government’s team of taxpayer-funded special advisers, with some being paid more than £100,000 a year.

 

Jeremy Corbyn has been hit by a rebellion of his shadow Cabinet as MPs threw their weight behind Boris Johnson's EU Withdrawal Agreement Bill.

Ministers will overhaul a controversial tax policy after an independent report found it caused “serious distress”.

Boris Johnson saw his EU Withdrawal Bill easily pass its latest hurdle in the Commons as MPs signed off for Christmas by wishing their colleagues “a merry Brexmas”.

The Prime Minister has been criticised for scrapping protections for child refugees in his new Withdrawal Agreement Bill.

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) chief Andrew Bailey has been named as the next governor of the Bank of England by the Treasury.

Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has spoken of his "shock" after being diagnosed with diabetes.

Boris Johnson has urged MPs to end “years of delay and rancour” as he called on them to back his plan to leave the European Union in a crucial Commons vote.

Clive Lewis has announced he is standing to replace Jeremy Corbyn saying he will “unleash” the Labour movement.

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.