Public faith in the NHS will be “on the line” unless patients and taxpayers are told the true scale of the challenges it faces, health bosses have warned.

Labour has vowed to end the “postcode lottery” of youth services by offering all young people help to confront "complex challenges" such as knife crime and mental health. 

Government borrowing next year will be more than double the amount forecast just six months ago, according to a top think tank.

Former Conservative Heidi Allen has become the latest MP to defect to the Liberal Democrats.

Nobody knows what Boris Johnson means when he says he can both obey the law and take the UK out of the EU without a deal, but at some point he will have to explain how they marry up.

Fresh splits have erupted between Labour and the Lib Dems over who should be Prime Minister in a "unity" government if Boris Johnson is brought down over Brexit.

Boris Johnson could snub a make-or-break EU summit unless significant progress is made on a new Brexit deal by the end of the week.

Labour MP Stephen Hepburn has been suspended by the party over an allegation of sexual harassment.

Boris Johnson says he will “personally” call on Donald Trump to send a US woman wanted over the killing of a teenager in a car crash back to the UK for investigation.

Boris Johnson has called on the Metropolitan Police to use the "full force of the law" against environmental protestors Extinction Rebellion.

The Government's efforts to tackle extremism are "inadequate and unfocused", an independent commissioner has said.

American businesswoman Jennifer Arcuri has repeatedly refused to deny that she had an affair with Boris Johnson while he was mayor of London.

Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to hold Boris Johnson "to account" as opposition party leaders prepared to thrash out plans to halt a no-deal Brexit.

Labour would hand football fans the power to challenge "bad owners" like Newcastle United's Mike Ashley, Jeremy Corbyn has announced.

The European Union will be making a "historic" mistake if it thinks the Benn Act will stop Brexit from happening on 31 October, according to Number 10.

MPs could be offered a vote on Boris Johnson's latest EU plans ahead of crunch talks later this month, the Brexit Secretary has said.

Talk of installing John Bercow as a caretaker Prime Minister to halt a no-deal Brexit is "fantasy football", a prominent Labour frontbencher has said.

Shadow Attorney General Shami Chakrabarti has called for an investigation into claims Boris Johnson groped a journalist when he was editor of The Spectator.

The Tories have opened up a fifteen-point poll lead over Labour and strengthen their standing with Brexit supporters, a fresh study has found.

The Liberal Democrats will be "blamed" for a no-deal Brexit if they do not get behind Jeremy Corbyn as a caretaker prime minister, John McDonnell has warned.

Boris Johnson wrote a letter recommending Jennifer Arcuri for a £100k-a-year quango role while serving as London mayor, it has been reported.

Boris Johnson has warned European leaders that Britain is "packing our bags" and will "head off on our own" if they do not back his Brexit plan.

The Liberal Democrats have agreed to stand aside at the next election to allow Dominic Grieve to hold on to his seat in Beaconsfield, it has been claimed.

A Labour candidate in a key election battleground has been suspended by the party.

Labour has been plunged into a race row after a frontrunner to become the candidate in a safe seat was suspended just hours before a crunch selection meeting.

Boris Johnson is scrapping a commitment made by Theresa May to stick to EU rules on workers’ rights, safety standards and the environment, according to reports. 

Cressida Dick, the Metropolitan police commissioner, has been urged to “consider her position” after a new report revealed a series of failings in the force’s investigation into an alleged VIP paedophile ring. 

Lady Hale has been criticised by Cabinet ministers, after she opened a speech with the words, “Let’s hear it for the girly swots”. 

Boris Johnson hopes Hungary will veto Britain’s potential request for a Brexit delay, according to reports. 

Tory activists have vowed to back Rory Stewart's London mayoral bid, putting them at risk of expulsion from the party.

Tom Watson put "further pressure" on police investigating claims of a Westminster VIP sex abuse ring, a report has found.

Boris Johnson will ask the EU for an Brexit delay if he fails to get a deal within the next two weeks, government documents have confirmed.

Former Tory Cabinet minister Rory Stewart has announced his plan to quit as an MP and run as an independent candidate for London Mayor.

Rory Stewart has said he will not be standing as an MP at the next general election and has resigned from the Conservative party.

Tom Watson has been urged to quit as an MP over his support for the discredited claims of a VIP sex abuse ring in Westminster.

Boris Johnson's hopes of securing a new Brexit deal have diminished after the DUP launched a furious attack on Ireland's resonse to the Prime Minister's latest offer.