A Whitehall probe has ruled that the decision to give £100,000 in public money to a firm run by an associate of Boris Johnson was "appropriate".

Antoinette Sandbach has become the latest Tory Brexit rebel to defect to the Liberal Democrats.

Sajid Javid has pledged to spend more than £250 million to invest in 20,000 new homes in “areas of high demand” across the country.

Donald Trump has warned Boris Johnson his Brexit agreement could prevent the UK striking a free trade deal with America.

Keith Vaz has been banned from Parliament for six months – but could still stand for Labour in December’s snap election.

Roland Rudd has been urged to resign as chair of Open Britain by the pro-EU campaign group's own board, PoliticsHome can reveal.

Jeremy Corbyn has challenged both Boris Johnson and Sajid Javid to publish their tax returns ahead of the general election.

A senior Tory MP has been ordered to “apologise in writing” to the House of Commons after failing to disclose his chairmanship of an African mining and development company.

Diane Abbott has urged Keith Vaz to rule out standing at the general election after a probe found the Labour MP offered to buy cocaine for male escorts.

The Brexit Party could step aside in hundreds of seats in what would be a huge election boost to Boris Johnson, it has emerged.

Jeremy Corbyn will vow to take on a "corrupt system" of wealth and privilege as he fires the starting pistol on Labour's general election campaign.

Ministers have let the prison system fall into an "appalling" state due to a lack of leadership, an influential group of MPs has said.

Nicky Morgan has become the latest female Tory MP to announce that she is standing down at the general election.

The Jewish Labour Movement will not campaign to make Jeremy Corbyn Prime Minister, it has announced.

A second Scottish independence referendum could take place in 2021 if Labour wins the election, it has emerged.

Downing Street has denied claims by Amber Rudd that Boris Johnson asked her to stand again for the Tories in a row over removing the party whip from her.

Boris Johnson led cross-party tributes to John Bercow as the outgoing Commons Speaker presided over the longest session of Prime Minister's Questions on record.

Tory backbenchers have been criticised after they were accused of “jeering” Jeremy Corbyn over a tie he wore in honour of victims of the Grenfell Tower fire.

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An MP who quit the Liberal Democrats to back Brexit has revealed he will now campaign “full-throatedly” for Remain at the upcoming election.

Boris Johnson must take “urgent action” over the Grenfell Tower inquiry's findings, its chair has said.

Former Tory cabinet minister Amber Rudd has announced that she will not fight to hold on to her ultra-marginal seat in December's election.

Boris Johnson's new Brexit deal will leave Britain's economy worse off than under Theresa May's agreement, according to a major economics think tank.

Home Secretary Priti Patel's most senior aide had to be escorted from a Commons bar by armed police.

Female MPs from across the political spectrum have signed an open letter backing Meghan Markle over the "abuse and intimidation" she has received from the media.

Former Labour leadership hopeful Owen Smith will stand down as an MP at the general election.

Boris Johnson should prioritise public spending over the Conservatives' "Thatcherite instincts" on tax cuts to convert sceptical voters and win the election, a leading Tory think tank has argued.

Ten of the 21 Tory rebels sacked for trying to block a no-deal Brexit have had the party whip restored.

Voters will go to the polls on 12 December after MPs finally backed Boris Johnson's bid to hold a pre-Christmas election.

An attempt by MPs to give 16 and 17-year-olds and EU nationals the right to vote in the upcoming general election has been stopped in its tracks.

Boris Johnson has slapped down plans to allow teenagers and EU nationals to vote in the planned 12 December election as “administratively impossible”.

The crisis-hit People's Vote campaign has been plunged into fresh chaos after staff staged a revolt against two of its senior executives.

Heidi Allen has announced she will stand down at the next general election just weeks after joining the Liberal Democrats.

Former Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has stepped down from her new PR job just days after it was announced, following an outcry over possible conflict of interest with her job as an MSP.

Jeremy Corbyn has insisted Labour is "totally united" on a general election - despite MPs vowing to defy him and vote against calling one.

Jeremy Corbyn has confirmed that Labour will back Boris Johnson’s push for a snap general election after a three-month extension to the Brexit process was confirmed.