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Alex Salmond has appeared in court accused of carrying out a series of sexual offences against 10 women.
Priti Patel has been branded "completely out of touch" after she said the Government should not be blamed for rising poverty in parts of the UK.
A Conservative government will ensure that nobody who needs social care will have to sell their home to pay for it, the Health Secretary has promised.
The Conservatives have vowed to introduce "lifetime" fixed rate mortgages to make it easier for renters to get on the property ladder if the party wins the general election.
The Conservatives have pledged to look at once again doubling the amount of time a person can spend in prison for assaulting emergency workers from one to two years.
Labour will embark upon the biggest council house building programme since the Second World War if it wins the election.
Anahita Hossein-Pour reports on how a small party is hoping to have a big impact in tackling abuse in politics - and help women "take back power".
The Lib Dems have suspended a general election candidate accused of repeatedly posting anti-semitic comments online.
A Conservative government would introduce a major tax cut for millions of workers by increasing the National Insurance threshold, Boris Johnson has revealed.
The Labour candidate was clear about the message they were hearing on the doorstep.
The Liberal Democrats are the first major party to unveil their election manifesto. But what are the key pledges?
The Liberal Democrats have pledged to extend free schools meals and bring in a freeze on rail fares in their election manifesto.
The Conservatives have finally suspended a candidate who claimed British Jews visiting Israel were returning to the UK as “brainwashed extremists”.
Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn clashed bitterly but failed to deliver any knockout blows in the first televised debate of the general election.
Britain's elections watchdog has urged Conservative campaigners to act "responsibly" after the party rebranded its Twitter account to ‘factcheckUK’ during a live TV debate.
A senior Labour councillor has accused Jeremy Corbyn of lying live on television about Labour's attempts to tackle anti-semitism in the party.
Schools will get a £10bn budget boost and 20,000 more teachers if the Liberal Democrats win the election, the party has promised.
Victims of crime and the media would be able to attend parole board hearings under a raft of pre-election promises made by the Conservatives to overhaul the justice system.
Labour's new tax plan would impact around 1.6m higher earners, but the likely returns from the policy are"highly uncertain", a major think tank has warned.
Twitter has threatened to take "decisive action" against the Conservatives if they repeat a move to re-brand an official party account as “FactCheckUK”.
Jeremy Corbyn should not resign immediately if Labour loses the election, according to Len McCluskey.
A Tory candidate in a marginal seat has sparked a row after claiming nuisance neighbours should be forced to live “in a tent, in the middle of a field” and pick crops all day.
A Brexit Party MEP has quit over its "failures" to represent Leave voters and because it had allowed a candidate who posted homophobic views online to run for next month's general election.
The Green Party has pledged to spend £100bn reducing the UK's carbon emissions to zero by the end of the next decade.
Labour's election manifesto could contain a pledge to write off student debts John McDonnell has suggested.
The chairman of Keith Vaz's local Labour party has quit after a Jeremy Corbyn ally was picked to replace the disgraced former MP as an election candidate.
A Conservative election candidate has apologised for claiming that British Jews were returning from Israel as "brainwashed extremists".
The election debate on the future of the NHS is "too simplistic" and will do nothing to improve the UK's worsening health record, leading charities have warned.
A Labour government would launch a crackdown on fox hunting by boosting the number of dedicated officers working on wildlife crimes, the party has announced.
Adults who murder children face being locked up for the rest of their lives under Conservative plans to shake up the criminal justice system.
The SNP and Liberal Democrats have failed in a legal bid to force ITV to include them in a televised election debate.
The Tories have come under pressure to ditch a general election candidate after it was revealed he had described British Jews returning from Israel as "brainwashed extremists".
Boris Johnson has abandoned plans for a further cut to corporation tax in a bid to raise more cash for the NHS.
Labour's election manifesto will water down its commitment to reducing carbon emissions to net zero by 2030, Barry Gardiner has signalled.
Labour has said it will not investigate one of its Welsh election candidates over her role in a Facebook group that offered advice to members excluded from the party because of anti-semitism claims.
The Conservatives have stretched their lead over Labour, according to a new opinion poll.