Social media addiction may need to be classed as a disease to combat a "crisis" in young people's health, MPs have said.

Theresa May's beleaguered Brexit deal has received a rare boost as an arch-critic of the Northern Ireland backstop said she had secured "substantive changes" to the plan.

MPs should reject Theresa May’s Brexit deal for a third time unless she secures “real change” to the Northern Ireland backstop, Boris Johnson has declared.

MPs will get a “final chance” to agree a Brexit deal next week or face a long delay to the UK's departure from the EU, Philip Hammond warned today.

Jeremy Corbyn has said he could vote to leave the European Union in a second Brexit referendum if a “good deal” was on the table.

Esther McVey has said she will vote for the Brexit deal Theresa May brought back from Brussels in a big boost for the Prime Minister.

Junk food advertising on TV and online could be banned before 9pm in a bid by the Government to crack down on childhood obesity.

The Liberal Democrats have rejected a proposal by Vince Cable to allow non-MPs to become the party leader.

Attorney General Geoffrey Cox has been forced to apologise to parliamentary watchdogs after he failed to declare thousands of pounds in rental income.

Conservative MP Nick Boles has split from his local party amid an ongoing row over the handling of Brexit.

Theresa May has issued a last-ditch plea to MPs to back her Brexit deal or risk never leaving the European Union.

Government ministers are holding private talks with Labour MPs from Leave-backing seats in a last-ditch bid to secure support for Theresa May’s Brexit plan. 

Senior aides of Theresa May have privately claimed that she is “finished” and will announce her departure to ensure she can pass her Brexit deal and “go with dignity”.

Social media platforms have a responsibility to “clean up their platforms” or risk doing “the terrorists’ work for them”, Home Secretary Sajid Javid has warned. 

Jeremy Corbyn could wait until after MPs agree a Brexit deal before he launches a bid to secure a second EU referendum, PoliticsHome understands.

Former Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey has suggested that she will U-turn and back Theresa May’s Brexit deal when it returns to the Commons for a third time next week.

Theresa May has urged social media sites to remove all footage and "propaganda" connected to the gunman who carried out the Christchurch terror attack.

Labour have reinstated a councillor who made jokes about “Jew process” during a meeting on anti-semitism.

Brazen peers sparked fury today as they prepared to sabotage a move that would stop seats in the House of Lords from being passed down through families.

The Liberal Democrats have suspended former party leader Lord Steel after he admitted "assuming" Cyril Smith had abused boys in the 1960s.

Theresa May's hopes of securing Commons backing for her Brexit deal have been dealt a blow after a team of eurosceptic lawyers rejected Geoffrey Cox's latest attempt to end the impasse.

Sir Vince Cable has announced he will step down as leader of the Liberal Democrats in May after less than two years in the role.

Five of Labour's frontbench team have quit their posts after defying Jeremy Corbyn over a second EU referendum.

A Labour frontbencher has quit her post after voting against calls for a second EU referendum.

Cabinet splits over Europe erupted once again as eight Cabinet ministers defied Theresa May to vote against delaying Brexit.

Donald Trump has said Theresa May’s failure to strike a deal with the European Union that could be supported by MPs was down to her failing to heed his advice.

Campaigners for a second EU referendum have refused to back an attempt by MPs to show Commons support for one today.

John Bercow has come under fire after he snubbed an attempt by Brexiteers to torpedo the chances of a second referendum.

Parliamentary watchdogs could be on the verge of an embarrassing climbdown after they sparked outrage over pay rises for MPs' staff, PoliticsHome can reveal.

MPs are due to debate whether the Government should try to push back the UK's exit date beyond 29 March after giving the PM another shot to get her deal through next week. Members are once again hoping to throw a spanner or two in the works. Here are the bids that John Bercow has chosen to be put to a vote.

The European Union is open to a "long" delay to Brexit to let Britain "rethink" its strategy, Donald Tusk has said.

A cross-party band of Brexiteers will today launch a Commons bid to kill off the chances of a "divisive and expensive" second EU referendum.

Labour frontbencher Mike Amesbury has apologised for sharing an "appalling" anti-semitic image on Facebook.

Children's charities and abuse support groups have torn into Boris Johnson after he claimed that money spent investigating historical sex crimes was being "spaffed up the wall".

Downing Street was on Wednesday night at war with its own whips after ministers were allowed to defy an order to effectively support a no-deal Brexit.

Tory discipline was in tatters on Wednesday night after ministers were allowed to defy the party whip and still keep their jobs.