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Estate agents and solicitors who help to launder cash in Britain face a major crackdown as part of a multi-million plan to tackle organised crime, the security minister has announced.
Ending tuition fees would disproportionately benefit students from the wealthiest families over the least well-off, a major study has found.
Government cuts have left prisons “unsafe and unsanitary” with incidents of violence and self-harm at a record high, MPs have warned.
The UK could agree a Brexit deal with the EU within the next three weeks, Dominic Raab has predicted.
Jeremy Corbyn is facing a major backbench rebellion over Labour's support for the Government's plans to hand a tax cut to the well-off.
Parents and pupils who bully teachers through social media could face a tougher approach from the law under plans hinted at by Theresa May today.
Theresa May has mocked Jeremy Corbyn amid a Labour split over its backing for tax cuts set to hand extra cash to millions of top earners.
Keep up with the all the latest Commons action LIVE as Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn clash at PMQs. Watch the whole thing below the blog window.
A no-deal Brexit would plunge Britain into a prolonged period of falling living standards and rising unemployment, a leading international ratings agency has said.
Britain will follow the lead of the US and install business leaders as ambassadors instead of civil servants after Brexit, Jeremy Hunt will announce today.
A Labour frontbencher and top ally of Jeremy Corbyn is under pressure to sack her son as a parliamentary aide after he was convicted of drugs charges.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock is set to introduce tough new measures to protect NHS staff from violent attacks.
George Osborne has said the Conservatives must not try to "out-Corbyn Corbyn" following Philip Hammond's big-spending Budget.
A row about fish may seem an unlikely hook for journalists to reel in their readers - but furious debate over seafood after Brexit has opened up a whole new angle for newsrooms.
It will be “almost impossible” for bosses to tell whether European Union citizens working for them have the right to be in the UK under a no-deal Brexit, the immigration minister has admitted.
Philip Hammond will find himself stuck in “a corner” if Brexit goes badly after he announced a spending splurge in his set-piece Budget, a think tank has warned.
John McDonnell has defied his Labour critics and insisted he would not "take money out of people's pockets" by overturning Philip Hammond's tax cuts for the rich.
The DUP have ditched their threat to vote down the Budget over fears that the Government was preparing to sign a Brexit deal which would effectively draw a new border in the Irish Sea.
Theresa May has insisted she is "not preparing for another general election" after Philip Hammond's Budget led to speculation she could go to the country again.
John McDonnell has come under fire after confirming that Labour will back a Conservative tax cut set to disproportionately benefit the richest households.
Philip Hammond delivered a tax windfall to the richest households in Britain in his set-piece Budget yesterday, while the poorest continue to face benefit cuts, a damning report has revealed.
Philip Hammond has hit back at critics of his £400m Budget boost for schools by insisting it was a "nice gesture" which could pay for new white boards and laptops.
The Speaker of the House of Lords has called on peers to respect the authority of the courts after Sir Philip Green was named in the House as the businessman behind an alleged sexual harassment scandal.
Teaching unions and MPs have lashed out at Philip Hammond’s "deeply insulting" £400m Budget cash boost for schools.
Labour have accused the Government of flouting the ministerial code by failing to provide them with copies of Philip Hammond’s Budget speech before he delivered it.
Philip Hammond today caved to pressure from angry Conservatives MPs and ploughed extra money into the under-fire Universal Credit system.
Jeremy Corbyn accused Philip Hammond of delivering a "broken promise Budget" as he rejected the Government's claim that the end of austerity is in sight.
Philip Hammond has declared that Britain will go it alone with a major tax clampdown on big technology firms.
Read Philip Hammond's Autumn Budget in full here.
The decade-long squeeze on public spending is "finally coming to an end", Philip Hammond has declared, as he turned on the spending taps in his final Budget before Brexit.
Here are the new measures Philip Hammond just announced in his Autumn Budget.
Tensions between Theresa May and Philip Hammond have resurfaced after Number 10 insisted austerity will be over even if there is a no-deal Brexit.
Philip Hammond is delivering his final Budget before Brexit. The Chancellor has been tasked by Theresa May to end austerity - but how far will the spending taps be turned on? Find out as we cover the build-up, the Budget and the fallout in our liveblog below. Watch the whole thing below the blog window.
Former Cabinet minister Justine Greening has revealed that she could run to be the next Conservative party leader.
As Chancellor Philip Hammond delivers the final Budget before Brexit, here's absolutely everything you need to know today.
Consultancy firms pocketed £1.6m of taxpayers' money in a single month from government contracts to help with Brexit preparations, it has emerged.