MPs were stunned today when the Russian ambassador to Britain said the UK security services carried out the nerve agent attack in Salisbury.

MPs have killed off a bid to establish a fresh inquiry into press standards - less than 24 hours after the Lords demanded one be set up.

Unions and Remain campaigners have been fined by election watchdogs over expenses breaches during the EU referendum.

House of Commons bosses will ban the sale of plastic bottles in the Palace of Westminster in the coming months as part of a mass crackdown on disposable waste.

A Conservative MP has called on the Government to bring forward a new tax which would see housing developers forced to fund local infrastructure.

The Scottish parliament is expected to refuse consent to the Government’s main Brexit bill later today, as MSPs continue to battle UK ministers over devolved powers.

Jeremy Corbyn has hit out at the “wholly inadequate” response of the UK and other western governments to Israel’s “slaughter” of dozens of Palestinians amid Gaza protests.

Theresa May reportedly confronted leading Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg during a Downing Street meeting over post-Brexit customs options yesterday.

A close ally of Jeremy Corbyn is among four BME women in the running to be the next Labour MP for Lewisham East.

A Norway-style soft Brexit has been declared "dead" after Jeremy Corbyn all-but confirmed Labour will not support it.

Peers have repeated their calls for the second part of the Leveson Inquiry to be established - in yet another defeat for the Government.

Theresa May today led MPs in heartfelt tributes to the late Dame Tessa Jowell, who died this weekend after a battle with brain cancer.

A Labour shadow minister has publicly backed a referendum on the final Brexit deal - in direct defiance of Jeremy Corbyn's position.

Jeremy Hunt today hit out at Boris Johnson over his recent customs union outburst as he urged his Cabinet colleagues to work on Brexit “as a team”.

David Miliband has warned Jeremy Corbyn he risks being the “midwife” of a Brexit which threatens people’s living standards by failing to back continued membership of the single market.

Senior Tory councillors have hit out at the Government for being put in the “unsustainable” position of having to funnel spending marked for state schools into supporting special needs children.

The head of MI5 has said sharing intelligence across Europe is more necessary than ever in order to tackle the growing threats of Islamist terrorism and Russian activity.

Theresa May's former deputy has predicted that her preferred option for customs links with the EU after Brexit will not happen.

The Government will double its annual spend on tackling brain cancer in memory of the late Tessa Jowell, Theresa May has said.

Theresa May last night made a direct appeal to Iran to release jailed mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and other dual nationals “on humanitarian grounds”.

Dozens of female Labour MPs will write to Jeremy Corbyn to urge him to ensure a woman replaces outgoing Lewisham East MP Heidi Alexander.

The battle to replace Heidi Alexander as MP for Lewisham East took a surprise turn today as the favourite to secure the Labour nomination dramatically dropped out.

Tributes from across the political divide have been pouring in for Dame Tessa Jowell who died yesterday at the age of 70, following a battle with brain cancer.

Pro-Brexit Cabinet minister Michael Gove today said the customs plan being pushed by Theresa May had “flaws”.

Shami Chakrabarti has said Ken Livingstone should be kicked out of Labour for “repeatedly” bringing the party into disrepute.

Ireland’s deputy prime minister has all-but rejected the customs proposal being pushed by pro-Brexit MPs in Theresa May's Cabinet.

Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer today slapped down dozens of Labour peers who defied Jeremy Corbyn and voted for a Norway-style Brexit.

A senior Labour frontbencher and top ally of Jeremy Corbyn will vow to bring the richest Brits to a “shuddering halt” in an all-out attack on financial inequality.

Crack cocaine has been found in a Home Office bathroom, sparking a police inquiry.

John Bercow has told friends that he will stand down as Speaker next year after a decade in the role, it has been reported.

Theresa May has implored her Cabinet ministers to trust her on Brexit amid reports that at least a dozen of them are lining up to block her chosen customs plan.

The Government could be forced to shell out hundreds of thousands of pounds in compensation for illegally deporting rough sleepers from the EU, in a fresh blow for Theresa May.

Former Cabinet Minister Dame Tessa Jowell has died at the age of 70, following a battle with brain cancer.

A crunch Labour vote in the fight to succeed outgoing MP Heidi Alexander has been delayed amid claims of a “stitch-up” by supporters of Jeremy Corbyn.

A hustings for potential Labour candidates for the Shoreham constituency has been cancelled after a row broke out between warring factions of the party.

The austerity programme, changes to immigration and Brexit have all “disproportionately” affected Britain’s ethnic minorities, a UN inspector has said.