Whitehall's top civil servant has agreed there should be an "independent element" to an investigation into senior officials briefing against Jeremy Corbyn.

Labour has slumped to fourth place behind the Liberal Democrats as voters continue to desert the party, according to a new poll.

Cabinet minister David Gauke has launched a thinly-veiled attack on Boris Johnson as he predicted he would be sacked from government within weeks.

Jeremy Hunt has come under fire after he threw his weight behind calls for the ban on fox hunting to be lifted.

A no-deal Brexit would threaten the future of the United Kingdom, Theresa May is to warn her potential successors as Prime Minister.

Boris Johnson has vowed to reverse the cuts to police numbers made under successive Tory governments if he becomes Prime Minister.

Labour has demanded an independent investigation into "entirely unacceptable and unprecedented" briefing against Jeremy Corbyn by senior civil servants.

The former office manager of Labour frontbencher Gloria de Piero has announced that he will stand against her at the next general election for the Conservative Party.

A Labour MP gave a tearful thank you in the Commons after winning a three-year fight to assist bereaved parents cover funeral costs.

Labour has said Health Secretary Matt Hancock must quit the Cabinet if Boris Johnson becomes Prime Minister and scraps the sugar tax.

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Labour bosses have finally condemned an attempt to deselect a heavily-pregnant Labour MP for criticising the decision to let Chris Williamson back into the party.

The UK's most senior civil servant has told top Whitehall staff that unauthorised briefings to the media "will not be tolerated" amid a row over claims about Jeremy Corbyn's health.

Penny Mordaunt has said that Parliament will move to legalise abortion in Northern Ireland if the Government fails to act.

European leaders have warned the next Prime Minister they will not shift position on Brexit as Ursula von der Leyen was nominated as the new European Commission chief.

Boris Johnson has been referred to the UK's data watchdog as allies of his Tory leadership rival Jeremy Hunt claimed "foul play" in the race for Number 10.

Boris Johnson has vowed to end "the continuing creep of the nanny state” if he becomes Prime Minister by threatening to axe taxes on unhealthy food.

Ministers should “urgently” probe the benefits of medicinal cannabis with a view to giving doctors the confidence to prescribe it more widely, MPs have said.

Labour has criticised ministers for failing to heed calls to retrofit sprinklers on high-rise council blocks, ten years after a London flat blaze killed six people.

Dominic Grieve has vowed to fight on in his quest to prevent a no-deal Brexit despite his latest plans being dashed by John Bercow.

A heavily-pregnant Labour MP is facing the threat of deselection after she put her name to a statement criticising the decision to re-admit Chris Williamson to the party.

Labour wants the civil service to start making preparations for a second referendum as the party plans to be in power later this year, according to John McDonnell.

Theresa May has defended compulsory LGBT lessons for primary school children despite protests by some parents.

Philip Hammond has dropped a clear hint that he could vote to stop the next Conservative leader taking Britain out of the European Union without a deal.

Brexit Party MEPs have been branded “pathetic” for turning their back on the EU anthem in the European Parliament.

A senior trade union boss has accused Jeremy Corbyn of peddling "conspiracies" by suggesting that Whitehall officials cannot be trusted to investigate comments made by civil servants about his health.

Jeremy Hunt has labelled the BBC an “absolute joke” for organising a Tory leadership debate ten days after ballots have been sent to party members.

William Hague has backed Jeremy Hunt to be the next Tory leader as he took a swipe at Boris Johnson's pledge to deliver Brexit by 31 October "do or die".

The Brexit Party has formed an unlikely alliance with the Liberal Democrats to demand an overhaul of Westminster's "abysmal" first-past-the-post voting system.

Jeremy Corbyn is to meet with the UK's top mandarin amid calls for a probe into comments about his health by civil servants.

Labour has accused ministers of "neglect" as a new survey revealed that one in three councils fear they will not have the cash to provide basic services within five years.

Boris Johnson is being urged to drastically cut the size of the Cabinet by taking the axe to a wave of Whitehall departments.

MPs are more likely to suffer depression, unhappiness and worthlessness than the general public, a new study has found.

Ministers have been urged to introduce legislation to tackle online interference in elections within the next six months following a "disappointing" response to MPs' recommendations.

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt would be forced to either cut spending or raise taxes to pay for their big-money campaign spending pledges, Philip Hammond has warned.

An attempt by MPs to try and block a no-deal Brexit by cutting off spending to government departments has been dashed by John Bercow.