Pressure was growing on Theresa May tonight as Conservative MPs lined up to back a bid to keep the UK in a customs union with the EU after Brexit.

A top EU official today sparked a Twitter spat with Michael Gove after he bragged that the EU was “one step ahead of you” when it comes to banning single use plastics.

A Labour MP has been criticised for questioning the viability of the Good Friday Agreement.

Tony Blair has blasted the “sickening” suggestion by outspoken eurosceptics that the Good Friday Agreement should be scrapped.

Jeremy Corbyn has thrown his weight behind a bid to create an opt-out system for organ donation.

Jeremy Hunt has insisted that the Government will not back a customs union with the EU despite the prospect of a humiliating Commons defeat.

Plastic straws could be banned in Britain in a bid to reduce environmental damage, Michael Gove has suggested.  

A former Tory minister has launched a fresh bid to defeat the Government over Brexit.

Theresa May is reportedly preparing to bow to Brussels and allow EU migrants who arrive in the UK during the Brexit transition period permanent residency.

Jeremy Hunt has said mistakes made by medical staff when prescribing drugs to patients must stop as they are causing up to 22,300 unnecessary deaths a year.

Pro-Brexit ministers have claimed victory after a key Cabinet committee agreed a compromise deal on the UK's future relationship with the EU in crunch talks.

Senior MPs are visiting universities to show Tory-supporting students that they will not be "scared away" by hard-left protestors, party chairman Brandon Lewis has revealed.

Britain should still be able to strike trade deals alongside the European Union even after Brexit, Emily Thornberry has said.

Boris Johnson has come under fire for allowing a hard Brexit think tank to hold its official launch in the Foreign Office for free.

The Prime Minister today hailed "inspirational" Labour peer Tessa Jowell as the Government announced a package of funding for brain cancer research.

A Tory rising star and aide to Chancellor Philip Hammond has suggested some bankers should have gone to jail in the wake of the financial crash.

The UK’s Brexit divorce bill could cost an extra £5bn if the proposed transition period runs beyond 2020, according to the head of an influential group of MPs.

Theresa May has rejected criticism of the Government's response to the Grenfell Tower tragedy by grime artist Stormzy.

An ex-Tory minister has launched a scathing attack on Theresa May’s premiership by saying discipline within the party has “completely broken down”.

Hilary Benn has warned David Davis that details are "urgently needed" on what Britain wants to achieve from Brexit.

Henry Bolton has quit Ukip just days after being dumped as leader of the party.

Net migration from the EU dropped by 75,000 in the year to September 2017 - falling below 100,000 for the first time in four years, official figures revealed today.

MPs have criticised Philip Hammond for failing to call for evidence as part of the Government’s pledge to crackdown on single use plastics.

Jeremy Corbyn has praised grime artist Stormzy after he slammed Theresa May over 'money for Grenfell' in a performance at last night’s Brit Awards.

Theresa May has angered Cabinet ministers by signing off on Britain’s negotiating strategy for the transition period after Brexit.

Low and middle income families are set to face income stagnation until 2020, a major thinktank has said.

The president of Sinn Féin has accused Theresa May of helping the DUP to slow down negotiations over forming a new executive in Northern Ireland.

A top aide to Jean-Claude Juncker accused of anti-British leaking has been given the top civil service role at the EU. 

Jeremy Corbyn has been warned that a bullying row which hit Labour at the weekend will cost the party votes in future elections.

A former Tory minister will be appointed as the new head of the charity watchdog despite a cross-party group of MPs calling for the move to be blocked.

A Labour MP was left “badly shaken up” after he was brutally mugged on his way home from Parliament last night.

Theresa May has accused Jeremy Corbyn of trying to "shoot the messenger" after he pledged a press crackdown following allegations he passed secrets to a Czechoslovakian spy during the Cold War.

Theresa May has announced a review into how three medications came to be used by NHS doctors despite patients reporting dangerous side effects.

The pressure on Theresa May’s leadership has increased with new polling showing the Tories are on course for heavy losses in London at the upcoming local elections.

John Bercow has issued a stark warning to MPs that unruly behaviour in the Commons will no longer be tolerated in the wake of the Westminster harassment scandal.    

The Government has risked the ire of Tory eurosceptics by proposing an indefinite Brexit implementation period.