Top Tory Jacob Rees-Mogg has leapt to the defence of his elite investment firm after it emerged the company boasts a string of Russian holdings - including those on US sanctions lists.

Leading Eurosceptic Jacob Rees-Mogg has denied being a "menace" to Theresa May - insisting the Prime Minister is "crucial" to making Brexit happen.

Theresa May has vowed to deliver "the most significant" shake-up of technical education in decades, as the Government set out fresh detail of its plans for new 'T level' courses.

England could be in line for a host of new national parks, under plans being considered by the Environment Secretary.

Labour has piled pressure on Esther McVey after it emerged the Tory minister spoke out against gambling reforms shortly after enjoying a day at the races courtesy of a betting firm.

Middle-class drug users who snort cocaine at dinner parties should blame themselves when teenagers are stabbed on the streets, the Justice Secretary has said.

Theresa May is under mounting pressure to give MPs a free vote on overhauling Northern Ireland's tough anti-abortion laws after this weekend's historic referendum result in Ireland.

Senior pro-Brexit Conservatives have raised fears of a plot to keep the UK in the EU after it emerged Whitehall has set aside a pile of cash for European Parliament elections.

Unite has stepped in to buy a thousand tickets for Labour’s troubled music festival Labour Live following disappointing sales.

Furious Brexiteers have lashed out at suggestions extra cash for the NHS will have to come from tax rises instead of money clawed back from the European Union after Britain's departure.

Senior Conservative figures are reportedly plotting to install Michael Gove in Number 10 as a caretaker Prime Minister - with Ruth Davidson stepping up to take on the top job in 2021.

George Osborne has added to his growing post-politics CV by taking on a role overseeing an Italian family business that owns Ferrari, Fiat and Juventus football club.

A former special adviser to ex-Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has been acquitted of sexual assault.

A scheme to support Afghan civilians who worked as interpreters for British Forces in Afghanistan has been branded an “utter failure” by MPs.

The UK's Equalities Minister has shown her support for ‘Yes’ voters in the Irish abortion referendum, after exit polls revealed more than two thirds of people voted to repeal the Eighth Amendment.

The chair of parliament's powerful Home Affairs Committee has vowed to directly question ministers about the plight of a former Carillion worker who now faces a battle with the Home Office to stay in the UK.

Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard has said the SNP-backed landmark report on how an independent Scotland could operate would usher in a "pro-longed period of austerity".

Britain will build its own satellite navigation system if it is shut out of the EU's Galileo programme after Brexit, Philip Hammond has declared.

An independent Scotland should prepare to have its own currency but keep the Pound for an “extended transition period”, a landmark report has said.

Russia must "answer of its actions" over the downing of flight MH17 nearly four years ago, Boris Johnson has declared.

Home Office ministers have been accused of a “masterclass in incompetence” over a botched attempt to reform the criminal records checking scheme.   

A senior civil servant blamed for Amber Rudd’s disastrous select committee appearance that eventually lead to her resignation has been demoted.

Generous tax breaks should be offered to highly-skilled migrants to encourage them to live and work in an independent Scotland, according to a landmark report.

The Bank of England is ready to step in to prevent an economic slump if Britain is plunged into a “disorderly Brexit,” Mark Carney has said.

Britain is living in a "fantasy" where it believes it can retain all the benefits of being in the European Union even after it leaves, according to a Brussels official.

Cuts to conventional military equipment could see the UK forced to deploy nuclear weapons in future battles, Gavin Williamson has suggested.

Conservative MP Andrea Jenkyns has dramatically quit as a ministerial bag-carrier so she has more time to "fight for Brexit".

Two Russian pranksters held an 18-minute conversation with Boris Johnson while pretending to be the president of Armenia.

Labour has attacked Theresa May over a pledge to bring forward an “LGBT action plan" this summer - branding it "empty PR".

Jeremy Corbyn received a boost today as the country’s biggest civil service union agreed to work full-tilt to elect a Labour government.

Theresa May will “in all likelihood” have to keep Britain in the customs union beyond 2020, a powerful cross-party group of MPs has warned.

Ministers have been urged to "get a grip" after it emerged that the Government's flagship Brexit bill will not return to the Commons for at least another fortnight.

Former Vote Leave director Dominic Cummings has blasted Theresa May’s “botched” Brexit strategy and called on the Tories to remove her as Prime Minister.

David Gauke will offer greater autonomy to prisons over what skills they teach in an effort to get more former inmates back into work upon release.

The UK has reportedly made clear its ‘strong objection’ to being shut out of the Galileo satellite programme after Brexit, as fresh splits emerge in the EU over the move.

Leaving the United Kingdom would deliver an economic boost worth an extra £4,100 for everyone in Scotland, a SNP-backed study into independence has concluded.