Theresa May is under pressure to beef up the legal protections for armed police, as the former head of the Met Police urged her to wrap up a review into the issue launched by David Cameron.

Sajid Javid has said he is preparing to confront Philip Hammond over police funding to ensure forces are “properly resourced”.

Sajid Javid has denied that the Conservative party has a problem with Islamophobia.

Labour MP Stella Creasy has defended cross-party calls for Westminster to reform abortion law in Northern Ireland as in keeping with devolution, by insisting changes would affect the whole of the UK.

Chris Grayling is set to call on MPs to back the expansion of Heathrow Airport later this week, saying there is no alternative option in place to end the long-running saga.

Civil servants are reportedly preparing contingency plans for the possibility that Britain is left without food, fuel and medicines after crashing out of the EU without a deal.

The UK will remain on high alert over the threat of terror attacks for at least another two years, ministers have said.

Theresa May should be replaced by Michael Gove so Britain can get the best Brexit deal, according to a major Conservative donor.

Former Cabinet minister Priti Patel has lashed out at Theresa May’s Conservatives, saying they are no longer the party of meritocracy.

The group looking at Theresa May’s preferred model of a post-Brexit “customs partnership” with the European Union has met just once, Liam Fox revealed today.

Theresa May is facing a Cabinet rift over visa restrictions that mean the NHS misses out on hundreds of foreign medics.

Labour will carry out a wholesale restructure of the NHS if it wins power at the next general election, the Shadow Health Secretary Jon Ashworth has said.

Theresa May has branded Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on EU steel and aluminium "unjustified", as a senior Brexiteer cabinet minister denied the US President's move put paid to hopes of a trade deal.

Supermarkets will have to ban “guilt-lanes” of sweets and chocolates near checkouts as part of the Government’s plan to combat child obesity.

Sajid Javid has criticised high street retailer Lush over an advertising campaign slamming undercover police as liars.

Labour have urged the Transport Secretary to "come out of hiding" after a string of train cancellations brought misery to commuters on services run by Northern rail.

The Green party's former London mayoral contender Sian Berry has thrown her hat into the ring to succeed Caroline Lucas as Green party co-leader.

Liam Fox has hit out at Donald Trump after the US President ignored the pleas of American allies and slapped "absurd" new levies on steel imports.

Left-wing campaigners will pile pressure on Jeremy Corbyn in a bid to shift his position on Brexit - warning that leaving the EU will clobber the party’s working class supporters.

Jeremy Corbyn has reminded Labour MPs that they cannot offer unpaid internships after Chuka Umunna prompted criticism with an advert posted to students.

Parliament square should be paved over in a bid to cut London's air pollution and boost tourism, a top Labour MP has said.

David Davis is reportedly pushing for Northern Ireland to be given joint EU and UK status and a 10-mile border buffer zone after Brexit in a bid to tackle the ongoing customs deadlock.

MPs' staff heading to the World Cup in Russia have been warned they could be targeted by Kremlin spies, PoliticsHome has learned.

Donald Trump’s decision to slap tariffs on steel and aluminium entering the US poses a “grave threat” to the UK’s struggling industry, Labour has warned.

Brexit is more of a threat to the environment than Donald Trump, the chair of a powerful Commons committee has said.

Labour MP Chris Williamson has come under fire after attending a campaign event for an activist who was expelled from the party amid a row over anti-Semitism.

The Conservative party is investigating a local council leader over claims he bullied colleagues by branding them “a cancer in the group that needs to be cut out”.

Two shadow ministerial aides have broken ranks with the Labour leadership to support a second EU referendum.

The former head of controversial data firm Cambridge Analytica has finally agreed to appear before a major Commons committee as part of their inquiry into the firm's business practices.

Ministers have torn into company bosses over their "shocking and pathetic" excuses for failing to appoint women to corporate boardrooms.

Major European firms have said Theresa May must reach a frictionless post-Brexit customs arrangement with the EU or risk a cut in UK investment.

Three former cabinet ministers have told Theresa May that most Tory MPs are in favour of compromising with the European Union in Brexit talks.

A flagship Tory schools policy is failing in its original aim of offering extensive parental choice, a damning new report has said.

Football leagues in the home nations should "show leadership" and crack down on single-use plastics at games, a top MP has said.

Labour has blasted the Government after it emerged the deficit among NHS trusts in England was double the amount predicted.

Jeremy Corbyn holds “anti-Semitic” views which could drive Jewish people out of the UK if he wins the keys to Downing Street, a top Jewish leader has said.