John McDonnell has acknowledged that the row over anti-Semitism in Labour undermined its bid to seize a key London target seat at the local elections.

Theresa May risks sparking Cabinet outrage amid reports she is planning to make a fresh attempt to push a controversial plan for post-Brexit customs ties with Brussels.

Conservative MPs are preparing to ramp up pressure on John Bercow by launching a series of parliamentary questions and motions calling on him to resign as speaker.

Lord Blunkett has called on Labour MPs to set up a secret "leadership group" to form an alternative to Jeremy Corbyn, as the former home secretary tore into the party's local election performance.

Rebel Conservative MPs reportedly believe they have the numbers needed in the Commons to keep Britain in the single market after Brexit.

Boris Johnson will make a last-ditch attempt to save the Iran nuclear deal during a trip to Washington this weekend amid fears the US is set to scrap it.

Tony Blair’s former spin doctor has condemned the “Militant-style nastiness” which has led him to question his loyalty to the Labour party.

Jacob Rees-Mogg has hit back at claims by a former Cabinet minister that the pro-Brexit campaign group he chairs is “acting like Russia” over the customs union.

John Bercow is planning to stay on as Speaker for another year despite allegations of bullying against him, it has emerged.

Labour MPs have called for an inquest after the party fell short of expectations in the local elections.

Donald Trump has risked a fresh row ahead of his first trip to the UK as American president by claiming knife attacks had left a London hospital “like a war zone”.

A top judge has ruled that Unite was correct to call a general secretary election when Len McCluskey dramatically quit the role.

An ex-mayor who was suspended from the Conservatives for sharing a racist joke has been reinstated – allowing the party to seize control of a local council.

A fresh Labour anti-Semitism row has erupted after a senior frontbencher accused the party’s former general secretary of failing to tackle the problem.

Labour MP Dan Jarvis today stormed to victory in the contest to become the first mayor of the Sheffield City Region.

The Lib Dems have burst back on to the political stage as a “major national force” after seizing three councils from the Conservatives, Vince Cable said today.

Ukip's general secretary has likened his embattled party to the Black Death as it faced near-total wipeout in the local elections.

Jeremy Corbyn has insisted that the Conservatives are “right to be worried” about Labour despite his party failing to seize a host of key target councils.

PoliticsHome coverage of the Local Election 2018

A Foreign Office minister has condemned the Palestinian president after he appeared to justify the Holocaust in a speech attended by Emily Thornberry.

Labour has slammed new voter identification trials amid reports of people being turned away from polling stations.

Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has thrown his weight behind calls to waive hefty fees for Afghan interpreters who put their lives at risk serving alongside British troops and now want to settle in the UK.

Britain's enemies are "perilously close" to testing the strength of the country's Armed Forces because the Government is not spending enough money on defence, a former military chief has warned.

Labour has accused ministers of “betraying” young people by spending millions on a new homes programme that has yet to see any houses built.

The Government is to begin drawing up a new code which aims to tackle "chilling" attempts to stop people from expressing their views on university grounds.

The Conservative austerity programme has “almost certainly” increased the death rate in Britain, Jeremy Corbyn has declared.

Voters across England will head to the polls for local elections today in the first major test for the parties since the snap general election last year.

John McDonnell has said some voters are willing to pay more in council tax in order to boost local services.

It's polling day in the 2018 local elections. PoliticsHome looks at who's in, who's out and who's lost the plot.

Theresa May's authority has been dealt a fresh blow after Cabinet Brexiteers blocked her preferred plan for a new trading arrangement with the European Union.

Commons Speaker John Bercow's behaviour is "unworthy of someone in such public office", according to a former senior Westminster official.

Labour has accused Theresa May of a "cover-up" after she rejected their demands for all paperwork relating to the Windrush scandal to be revealed.

Ministers have been ordered to preserve the frictionless border between the Republic and Northern Ireland as the House of Lords inflicted a tenth defeat on the Government's flagship Brexit bill.

John Bercow's future as Commons Speaker is hanging in the balance after Downing Street suggested three different ways in which he could face an investigation into bullying allegations made against him.

Theresa May has hinted that the Government could back a completely new type of customs agreement with the EU amid bitter Cabinet in-fighting.

John Bercow has insisted that most members of staff who have left his employment have done so "on perfectly amicable terms" as he tried to contain a fresh bullying row.