Labour has promised to “end the misery of permanent debt” with a crackdown on overdraft fees charged by high street banks if it wins power.

Read the exchange of letters between Amber Rudd and Theresa May as the Home Secretary quit over the Windrush scandal.

The Government has warned peers to ditch what it brands a “transparent” bid to keep the UK in the EU after Brexit ahead of a crunch vote today.

Ministers should put national identity cards “back on the agenda” in the wake of the Windrush scandal, two former home secretaries have said.

Amber Rudd has plunged Theresa May's government into fresh turmoil by dramatically resigning as Home Secretary.

Amber Rudd is facing fresh demands for her to quit after it emerged she told Theresa May she had 'ambitious but deliverable' targets for removing illegal immigants.

Former Commons Speaker Michael Martin has died at the age of 72.

Sadiq Khan has said he believes Ken Livingstone should be kicked out of the Labour Party, as the London mayor slammed the length of time taken to probe high-profile allegations of anti-Semitism.

A top Labour MP has said he regrets not voting against the controversial immigration laws which ushered in the Windrush scandal.

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has reacted furiously to a story claiming that Russian Twitter bots sought to swing the general election in Labour’s favour.

British negotiators are reportedly drawing up plans to allow EU citizens "very similar" access to the UK as they enjoy under current free movement rules - in a move likely to spark outrage from pro-Brexit MPs.

Theresa May has been warned she faces a "very swift and very violent reaction" from the Tory backbenches if she continues to take advice on Brexit from her top civil servant.

More than 200 MPs from across the political divide have joined forces to demand protections for Windrush migrants are stamped into law.

Tory minister Caroline Nokes is being investigated by her own party over claims she paid the wrong amount of council tax.

Sajid Javid has launched an impassioned plea for voters not to abandon the Conservatives at the upcoming local elections in the wake of the Windrush scandal.

A prominent Labour MP and vocal critic of Jeremy Corbyn could be suspended over claims he sexually harassed a female aide.

Thousands of Russian Twitter bots were used in a bid to influence the snap general election in favour of Jeremy Corbyn, new research has shown.

Michael Gove has sparked outrage after claiming that the row engulfing Home Secretary Amber Rudd is being whipped up to distract from allegations of anti-Semitism in the Labour Party.

Justice Secretary David Gauke has pledged to shake up the Parole Board after an outcry over the organisation’s handling of the John Worboys case.

US President Donald Trump is set to snub Jeremy Corbyn during his visit to the UK later this year, it has emerged.

Ministers' controversial Voter ID plans have been branded as "deeply flawed" by the Electoral Reform Society, only days before their trial at the local elections.

David Davis is on the brink of quitting the Cabinet if Theresa May does not shelve her plans for a post-Brexit ‘customs partnership’ with the EU, it has been reported.

Downing Street has insisted that Theresa May has “full confidence” in Amber Rudd, as the embattled Home Secretary was said to be "hanging by a thread" following a leaked memo on her department’s deportation targets.

Amber Rudd is facing further pressure after a leaked memo suggests she was made aware of targets for immigration removals nearly a year ago - days after telling MPs they did not exist.

Senior Labour MPs have hit out at the revelation that nobody from a Black Caribbean background was accepted on to the civil service graduate scheme in one year despite record numbers applying.

Labour activist Marc Wadsworth has been expelled from the party following a clash with MP Ruth Smeeth - as fellow MP Chris Williamson insisted he stood "four square" behind the campaigner.

Labour has urged the Government to end austerity and to invest in the economy as the latest figures show UK growth slowing.  

Ken Livingstone has dismissed the row over anti-Semitism in Labour as a "complete diversion", as he revealed that he is still campaigning for the party ahead of next week's local elections.

A senior aide to Dominic Raab has been suspended following claims she sold sex online and boasted of her access to the Housing Minister.



 

Sadiq Khan has taken aim at Donald Trump ahead of the controversial US President’s summer visit to the UK.

Theresa May is under growing pressure from leading Brexiters in her Cabinet to ditch Number 10’s favoured customs deal with the EU as a crunch meeting looms next week.

Cash-strapped hospitals are suffering from leaking sewage pipes, broken roofs and outbreaks of rodents because vital funds are being diverted from their maintenance budgets, Labour has claimed.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been threatened with a summons which would force him to face MPs next time he is in Britain.

MPs have attacked the Government’s "completely inadequate" management of two major rail franchises as exposing a “broken model" with “serious and deep-rooted problems”.

Michael Gove has ditched plans for a blanket ban on controversial electric shock collars for cats and dogs.

Firebrand Labour MP Chris Williamson has laid bare his “deep regret” over voting to support military action in the Middle East.