Former SNP MP Natalie McGarry has been given 18 months in jail after embezzling more than £25,000 from pro-independence groups.

Michael Gove has probably torpedoed his hopes of winning the Tory leadership election by admitting he was prepared to delay Brexit again in order to clinch a deal, a leading party activist has said.

Tory leadership candidates have been warned not to drop out of the race if they make it through to the final ballot.

John Bercow today issued a blunt slapdown to Tory leadership hopeful Dominic Raab as he insisted Parliament will not be shut down to force through a no-deal Brexit.

Labour's John McDonnell has said the party's rules "need reviewing" after former communications chief Alastair Campbell was kicked out for voting for the Liberal Democrats.

A government minister has taken a thinly-veiled swipe at Conservative leadership hopeful Esther McVey after she said parents should be able to withdraw their children from lessons about LGBT relationships.

Conservative leadership hopeful Dominic Raab has been branded "undemocratic" after he refused to rule out shutting down Parliament to ensure Brexit happens.

Michael Gove has launched a thinly-veiled attack on rival Boris Johnson as he hit out at claims Theresa May's Brexit deal would have left the UK a “vassal state” of the EU.

A row has erupted after Matt Hancock claimed Jeremy Corbyn would be “the first anti-semitic leader of a Western nation since the Second World War” if Labour wins the next election.

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Steve Baker has said he will stand for the Conservative leadership if none of the other candidates sign up to a no-deal Brexit plan drawn up by eurosceptics.

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Boris Johnson is a turn-off for millions of floating voters who backed the Conservatives at the last election, according to a polling expert.

Conservative leadership candidate Andrea Leadsom has accused Tory rivals who quit the Government of having "made Brexit harder" by walking away.

The Conservatives face "extinction" if Britain does not leave the European Union on 31 October, Boris Johnson has claimed.

Donald Trump has performed a dramatic U-turn on his claim that the National Health Service must be "on the table" in negotiations on a trade deal between the UK and America.

Nigel Farage has said Donald Trump is "loving London" after the pair met held a one-to-one meeting.

Tory bosses have agreed to change the rules for the upcoming leadership election in a move which could lead to a major cull of candidates.

Fledgling party Change UK has lost six of its MPs after a series of rows led to a dramatic split less than four months after it was set up.

Donald Trump has insisted that the National Health Service must be "on the table" in negotiations over a future UK-US trade agreement.

Donald Trump has branded Jeremy Corbyn a "negative force" and revealed he turned down the offer of a meeting with the Labour leader.

Boris Johnson has turned down the offer of a one-to-one meeting with Donald Trump.

James Cleverly has pulled out of the race to succeed Theresa May as Conservative leader and Prime Minister.

Labour frontbencher Emily Thornberry has admitted a second referendum on Brexit “may be a long way off” amid turmoil in the party over the issue.

Tory leadership hopefuls need to prove they will not end up as "Theresa May Mark II" on Brexit, Philip Hammond has said.

Change UK MPs are to hold a make-or-break meeting about the party's future amid reports that they are on the verge of a split.

Philip Hammond has been accused of living in a "different world" after he rejected the idea that "vast numbers" of people face "dire poverty" in Britain.

Renters would no longer have to pay council tax under radical plans being considered by the Labour Party.

Senior Tory MPs are to decide whether the number of candidates running to succeed Theresa May as party leader should be slashed.

Jeremy Corbyn is to speak at a major protest against Donald Trump's state visit to the UK.

Theresa May has been accused of "patronising" Melania Trump after it emerged the First Lady will be given a tea set to commemorate her visit to the UK.

Boris Johnson has insisted he will take the UK out of the EU on 31 October 'deal or deal' as he formally launched his campaign to be Prime Minister.

Labour has been plunged into a fresh anti-semitism row after the Jewish Labour Movement withdrew their support for the party's Peterborough by-election candidate.

More than one hundred current and former Labour staff members have urged Jeremy Corbyn to take action following sexual harassment claims made against one of his senior aides.

Theresa May has thrown her support behind ministers who told President Trump the NHS was 'not for sale' in a post-Brexit trade deal.

George Galloway has been fired by talkRadio after being accused of posting an "anti-semitic" tweet.