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Ministers have been warned that they cannot leave next week's Cabinet meeting at Chequers without finally agreeing the UK's Brexit position - even if it means going without sleep.
Downing Street has rejected claims by Danny Dyer that Brexit is a "mad riddle so no one knows what it is".
Six Conservatives are battling it out in one of the most arcane and private elections in major party politics. The contestants are vying to seize the levers of party machinery on the board of the National Conservative Convention of volunteers. PolHome gives you the definitive guide to who's who.
Here is a summary of this morning's briefing for lobby journalists by a spokeswoman for the Prime Minister.
There is still a "huge and serious" gap between Britain and the rest of the European Union on Brexit, the EU's chief negotatiator has warned.
An ex-Foreign Office boss has condemned Boris Johnson for his “flippant” approach to Brexit and his recent attack on business.
MPs have rounded on the Home Office after it provided “no credible explanation” for twice detaining two children of the Windrush generation.
Theresa May has heralded a British company winning a multi-billion pound contract to build Australian warships as an “enormous boost” to the UK.
European leaders are putting their citizens' lives at risk by refusing to agree a security deal with the UK after Brexit, Theresa May has declared.
Chancellor Philip Hammond is under fresh pressure to ditch his hardline stance on public spending after all three civil service unions rejected "shambolic and contemptible" Treasury plans to keep their pay capped.
Environment Secretary Michael Gove has brushed off an attack on him by Cabinet colleague Liz Truss, insisting he is the "best of friends" with the Treasury Secretary.
Theresa May was ambushed at the start of a crunch EU summit - and presented with the shirt of England's World Cup rivals Belgium.
Nicola Sturgeon has been forced to drop her new education minister just a day after handing her the job as controversial comments she made about transgender students resurfaced.
A former Cabinet minister has accused Theresa May of trying to obstruct a Parliamentary probe into the torture of terror detainees.
Ministers should push for an extension to the Brexit process to avoid Britain crashing out of the EU without a deal, a powerful Commons committee has said.
The British government turned a blind eye to the United States' "inexcusable" treatment of terror detainees in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, a powerful parliamentary committee has concluded.
Labour has called for a "radical overhaul" in the regulation of former senior ministers’ abilities to take up lucrative posts on the back of their experience in Government.
Penny Mordaunt will announce plans to channel a slice of British aid funding into helping Commonwealth veterans who served in the armed forces.
The UK could fail to hit legally binding emissions targets if it does not take "urgent action", the Government's official advisers have warned.
Two Chinese railway firms are reportedly leading the race to operate HS2 trains amid a crisis among British companies who are unwilling to take on the financial gamble.
Britain is heading for the "very worst" Brexit deal because Theresa May is being undermined by some of her own ministers, Nick Timothy has declared.
Liz Truss has been rebuked by Number 10 after using a speech to launch an attack on Cabinet colleague Michael Gove.
Plans to let Labour members elect the party's council leaders have been branded "unworkable" by a senior local government figure.
Jeremy Corbyn has been criticised by Labour Friends of Israel after he called for Palestinians to have a "right to return" to their former homeland.
The St George's Cross will fly above Downing Street for every England World Cup match, Theresa May has announced.
A senior Northern Ireland police chief has warned that Brexit is being used by dissident IRA groups to recruit new members.
Keep up with the all the latest Commons action LIVE as Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn clash at PMQs. Watch the whole thing live below the blog window.
Philip Hammond is "co-ordinating" attacks on the Government's Brexit strategy by businesses, Jacob Rees-Mogg has claimed.
The leader of the Conservative party in Wales has quit just days after two run-ins with senior UK colleagues.
A left-wing successor to Jeremy Corbyn would be “virtually guaranteed” under new plans to overhaul Labour party rules, it has been claimed.
Theresa May has slapped down Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt over their dismissal of business’ concerns over Brexit.
People aged between 40 and 65 should pay a new "Social Care Premium" to help plug a growing funding gap in the social care sector, MPs have said.
Ministers' claims about the size of the final Brexit divorce bill are too "narrow" and fail to account for possible billions in extra spending, a cross-party group of MPs has warned.
Theresa May should prepare to delay the Brexit date to prolong negotiations and allow the British people a “final decision”, Tony Blair will say.
Gavin Williamson is set to ask Theresa May for up to £4 billion a year extra for the UK’s defence budget, it has been reported.
The annual National Conservative Convention board elections are happening again right now. Tories who want to get their hands on the levers of party machinery are vying for the attention of a tiny electorate of around 800 local chairmen and the primary contact method is through the Royal Mail. The arcane NCC race happens every year but slips completely under the radar because it is so private and hardly contested. Only in an internal Conservative party election could an outsider candidate with an OBE go up against a teddy bear salesman from Guildford. Emilio Casalicchio talks to some of the contestants and a few Tory bigwigs to find out what the race is all about.