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Conservative MP Christopher Davies has been charged with falsifying two expenses claims, the Crown Prosecution Service has confirmed.
Philip Hammond has rebuked Gavin Williamson over comments he made that were said to have angered China.
The Government should hike taxes on online giants like Amazon to prevent high streets becoming “ghost towns”, MPs have declared.
One of the rebel Tory MPs who quit to join Labour colleagues in the Independent Group has said she wants to destroy her old party.
Theresa May has warned that the UK and EU face a race against the clock if they are to avoid a no-deal Brexit.
Jeremy Corbyn has challenged the eight MPs who quit Labour this week to resign their seats and call by-elections.
Momentum is launching a major drive to oust the former Labour MPs who quit the party to join The Independent Group.
Labour has suspended Derek Hatton’s membership of the party just days after it was confirmed that he had been readmitted.
Barry Gardiner has launched an outspoken attack on Labour's "appalling" decision to allow Derek Hatton back into the party.
Former Tory MP Anna Soubry today heaped praise on the austerity imposed on the country under David Cameron as she teamed up with ex-Labour MPs in a new Commons grouping.
Jeremy Corbyn's office has dismissed the new Independent Group of former Labour and Tory MPs as an “establishment coalition” based on an approach that voters have already rejected.
Three Conservative MPs have stunned Westminster by quitting the party as they took aim at Theresa May's handling of Brexit and accused the Tories of a "shift to the right".
Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn went going head-to-head after both Conservative and Labour MPs quit their parties to join the new Independent Group. Here's how it unfolded on our liveblog.
Three Conservative MPs have left the party to join the seven ex-Labour members in the Independent Group. PoliticsHome has the full resignation statement from Heidi Allen, Anna Soubry and Sarah Wollaston, and Theresa May's response.
Labour would give voters the power to force a by-election on their MP if they switch party - after an eighth prominent figure joined a damaging splinter group.
Home Secretary Sajid Javid has stripped Islamic State schoolgirl Shamima Begum of her UK citizenship - prompting claims he has put his "leadership ambitions" above international law.
Theresa May has headed off a fresh revolt by eurosceptic Tories after assuring them their preferred way of breaking the Brexit impasse has not been killed off.
Joan Ryan has become the latest MP to quit Labour - blaming Jeremy Corbyn's "dereliction of duty" on anti-semitism. Read the full statement here.
Joan Ryan has become the eighth Labour MP to quit to join the new Independent Group, blaming Jeremy Corbyn for "a culture of anti-semitism" in the party.
The number of children living in poverty is set to hit a record high by 2022 unless ministers drop their plans for further welfare cuts, a leading think tank has warned.
Labour deputy leader Tom Watson is no longer being invited to attend the committee set up to decide the party's Brexit policy.
Scores of live music venues face closure unless ministers step in to slash their soaring tax bills, Labour has warned.
A Labour MP has apologised after claiming that a new Independent Group of MPs could be receiving funding from Israel.
A protester has been charged with harassment after an incident involving Conservative MP Anna Soubry outside Parliament last month.
Labour bosses have been accused of trying to stitch up the process to replace seven MPs who quit the party yesterday.
Greg Clark has said it is “unacceptable” that businesses do not have clarity on Britain's post-Brexit trade arrangements with just weeks left until the UK leaves the EU.
John McDonnell has backed Tom Watson and said the Labour leadership should do more to tackle anti-semitism in a bid to prevent more MPs quitting the party.
Britain faces the "catastrophic prospect" of a no-deal Brexit because of the "selfishness" of some politicians, a top group of manufacturers has warned.
More Labour MPs are thinking of quitting the party in the wake of the breakaway by seven backbenchers, Jeremy Corbyn has been warned.
Theresa May has been urged by four of her own Cabinet ministers to rule out the possibility of a no-deal Brexit by the end of the month or face a wave or resignations from the Government.
Derek Hatton has been readmitted to Labour more than three decades after being booted out for being a member of the far-left Militant faction.
Angela Smith has been forced to apologise after she used a racist slur just hours after she quit Labour to join a new bloc of independent MPs.
After weeks of speculation, seven Labour MPs dramatically quit the party today in protest at the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn. Their journey to the exit door was a slow crawl peppered by numerous flash-points.
Tom Watson has launched an outspoken attack on "hard left" Labour members after seven MPs quit the party to sit as independents.
Chuka Umunna has urged MPs from across the Commons to split with their parties and join the new movement he launched today with fellow ex-Labour figures.
Seven MPs have left the Labour Party to sit in the House of Commons as independents. PoliticsHome has the full resignation statements from Luciana Berger, Chris Leslie, Angela Smith, Gavin Shuker, Ann Coffey, Mike Gapes and Chuka Umunna.