Ministers are returning to Britain having failed to secure a backstop breakthrough during Brexit talks with the European Union.

Sajid Javid has said police chiefs "have to be listened to" over their calls for more cash to tackle knife crime - just days after Theresa May insisted there was "no direct correlation" between rising crime and budget cuts.

Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn went head-to-head over knife crime in the Commons.

Pro-Jeremy Corbyn campaign group Momentum have been slapped with a record £16,700 fine for multiple breaches of election rules.

A fresh Cabinet split has erupted as Sajid Javid called on Theresa May to come up with more cash to boost police funding and help tackle the surge in knife crime.

The Conservatives have suspended 14 members after a string of anti-Muslim comments were posted on a pro-Tory Facebook page.

Jeremy Corbyn has urged the Jewish Labour Movement not to break its historic link with the party, as he acknowledged the "enormous distress" caused by anti-semitism among its members.

The Home Office’s failure to fix the flaws in its immigration processes which prompted the Windrush scandal risks putting EU citizens in a similar position after Brexit, MPs have warned.

Labour has blamed government spending cuts after a new report revealed plummeting standards in the care home sector.

Theresa May has been accused of mounting a fresh attempt to "bribe" Labour MPs into voting for her Brexit deal with a promise of new workers’ rights measures.

A bid to unseat an MP jailed for perverting the course of justice has been triggered.

Jennie Formby over-ruled a senior Labour official after he urged her to block Derek Hatton's bid to re-join the party.

Labour is moving to oust MPs who split off to form the new Independent Group from their Commons committee seats, PoliticsHome understands.

A Tory council candidate has stepped down from the party after it was revealed that he had previously been suspended for making Islamophobic remarks.

London’s top police chief Cressida Dick has rejected Theresa May’s denial that slashed police numbers and violent crime are not linked.

Chris Grayling has said he will not quit over a ferry contract blunder that forced the Government to shell out millions of pounds to Eurotunnel.

Labour has accused ministers of presiding over a "national disgrace" after it emerged that schools are being forced to ask parents for hand-outs to fund teachers' salaries and essential repairs.

Labour frontbencher Angela Rayner has been forced to install a panic button at home after receiving death and rape threats from "someone claiming to be a Jeremy Corbyn supporter".

Theresa May has been urged to whip Conservatives MPs to keep a no-deal Brexit on the table if her EU agreement is defeated when it comes back for a second crunch Commons vote.

Disabled pensioners will no longer be forced to undertake reassessments of their health in order to claim disability benefits, Amber Rudd is to announce.

A Labour councillor has been suspended by the party after she joked about "Jew process" in a discussion about anti-semitism.

Chris Grayling has been criticised for failing to face MPs over the Government's latest ferry blunder, as Labour branded him an “international embarrassment”.

The Conservatives have come under fire for allowing an activist previously suspended for making "vile" Islamophobic comments to stand as a council candidate.

Labour has hit out at the Government after it emerged local councils have been forced to sell off libraries and playgrounds to tackle funding shortfalls.

The Government’s Brexit legislation timetable has been thrown into "chaos" after ministers were forced to pull a key bill because it was facing a humiliating defeat.

A man has been charged with assault after Jeremy Corbyn was allegedly hit with an egg during a visit to a mosque.

Workers who sign gagging orders with their employers will still be able to report harassment and abuse to police under a change to the law unveiled by Theresa May.

A man has been detained by the police after Jeremy Corbyn was hit with an egg during a trip to a mosque.

Attorney General Geoffrey Cox risks fresh anger from Conservative Brexiteers amid reports he has shelved attempts to try and put a time limit or unilateral exit clause on the controversial Northern Ireland backstop.

Theresa May has been accused of "bribing MPs" to back her Brexit deal as she unveiled a £1.6bn cash boost aimed at deprived English regions that voted to leave the EU.

Top Tory Amber Rudd has demanded Jeremy Corbyn suspend the local Labour branch in her Hastings constituency after it dismissed claims of anti-semitism as “crying wolf”.

Labour MPs have warned Jeremy Corbyn he is “playing with fire” by pushing for a second referendum on leaving the European Union.

Tony Blair today said it was “absolutely inevitable” that more Labour figures will join the Independent Group as he revealed he has sympathy for the “courageous” MPs who defected.

John McDonnell has admitted Labour “clearly” has a problem with anti-semitism and must “atone” for it.

Ministers will crack down on workplace gagging orders that prevent staff reporting allegations of harassment to the police, it has been reported.

Michel Barnier has warned that a delay to Britain’s exit date from the European Union is “unavoidable,” even if MPs sign off Theresa May’s deal later this month.