Amber Rudd today announced a major rollback on benefits sanctions and said she hoped any damage done to the Tory brand by the controversial regime could be reversed.

Jeremy Corbyn has said that a second EU referendum could be seen as a “healing process” for the country that brings the Brexit impasse to a conclusion.

Esther McVey has confirmed she will be running for the Conservative leadership when Theresa May stands down.

David Gauke has blamed the “wishful thinking” of his pro-Brexit colleagues during the EU referendum for fuelling voter anger across the country.

Threats against MPs have reached record levels in the wake of the Brexit referendum, police chiefs have revealed.

Margaret Thatcher would not have allowed Huawei to have a role in the development of the UK's 5G network, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has claimed.

Outspoken Tory MP Johnny Mercer has told Theresa May he will no longer support the Government in protest at elderly veterans facing prosecutions over historic killings.

Jeremy Corbyn will hit out at Theresa May’s failure to secure Brexit on time when he launches Labour’s EU elections campaign.

Brits would each be £800 a year worse off if the UK remained in a customs union after Brexit, according to new analysis.

The new immigration scheme aimed at guaranteeing the rights of EU nationals after Brexit is set to become a Windrush scandal “times ten,” ministers have been warned.

People currently in work will be able to turn to Job Centres to help them boost their careers and increase their pay under plans to be announced by Amber Rudd.

Theresa May is expected to put her Brexit deal to another Commons vote within days despite the ongoing deadlock in the Government's talks with Labour.

Theresa May will hold showdown talks with senior Tory MPs as pressure mounts on her to set out when she plans to quit Downing Street.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has branded Jeremy Corbyn “disgusting” over his backing for Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro.

Staff working for the Labour party could take strike action after rejecting a third and "final" pay offer by bosses.

Theresa May has been dealt a fresh blow after a Conservative colleague confronted her in the Commons to demand that she quit as Prime Minister.

See how Prime Minister's Questions unfolded as Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn locked horns over the NHS.

A Conservative former minister has branded Downing Street "utterly selfish" after the party suffered a local elections drubbing.

Cabinet minister Andrea Leadsom today revealed she was “seriously considering” another tilt at the Conservative leadership.

Ministers have been urged to plough more resources into police budgets as it emerged the number of officers requiring treatment for mental health problems has soared.

Theresa May has been given until this afternoon to set out a "road map" for her exit from Downing Street, it has been reported.

Nearly 400 MPs including nine Cabinet ministers and Jeremy Corbyn have had their official credit cards suspended for breaking rules on expenses, it has been revealed.

Labour is to launch a Commons bid to force the Government to maintain free TV licences for older people.

Ministers must use UK aid spending to tackle the "existential threat" of climate change, a group of influential MPs has said.

The devastating Notre Dame Cathedral blaze showed that MPs must get on with approving the restoration of Parliament, Andrea Leadsom has said.

Labour has accused the Government of not being "willing to compromise" as negotiations on a joint-Brexit deal once again broke up without agreement.

Britain's new MEPs may end up having to take their seats in the European Parliament after all, Downing Street has admitted.

The UK will take part in the European Parliament elections later this month, the Government has admitted.

A senior Conservative MP has blasted colleagues who failed to support Theresa May’s Brexit deal and suggested that they should quit and join another party.

A Ukip MEP candidate is being investigated by police over rape comments he made about a Labour MP.

Senior Labour officials have quit their posts in disillusion at the party's position on Brexit.

Ministers have been condemned after a report revealed that the places hardest hit by cuts to youth services are likely to have seen the biggest increases in knife crime.

Ministers have signed £160m worth of fresh contracts with outside consultants in a bid to boost preparations for Britain’s exit from the EU.

Labour has condemned ministers after party analysis found that tens of thousands of ambulance staff have quit their roles since the beginning of the decade.

Theresa May is facing a fresh plot to oust her as Prime Minister after grassroots Tories confirmed plans for a vote of no confidence in her leadership next month.

Michael Gove has called on top players from the food industry to "step up to the plate" and reduce the amount of food wasted in the UK.