Education Secretary Damian Hinds today left the door open to an embarrassing Conservative U-turn on student maintenance grants.

All new schools will have sprinkler systems installed as part of a multibillion pound package Labour have promised to bring school buildings up to standard.

Damian Hinds has dropped the biggest hint yet that the cost of arts and social science degrees are set to be slashed.

Sajid Javid has announced plans for a streamlined rental complaints system allowing tenants to seek help over shoddy housing and squalid conditions.

Labour grandee Neil Kinnock has warned Jeremy Corbyn he needs to put the brakes on Brexit or force Britain to stay in the single market to save the NHS.

A top Conservative minister has raised fears the party could be “hijacked” by political extremists after a call for hard-Brexiteers to sign up.

An influential group of MPs has urged the Government to reconsider charging high interest rates on student loans. 

Ukip has been plunged into a fresh crisis after party members voted to dump Henry Bolton as leader.

Labour has been hit by a bullying row over the treatment of a senior female official at a key meeting aimed at agreeing party policy.

Councils are struggling to keep children living in violent homes safe due to cuts, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.

Tuition fees and interest rates on student loan repayments could be cut under a major Government review, it has emerged.

Labour have dismissed as "a ridiculous smear" fresh claims about Jeremy Corbyn's involvement with a Czech spy at the height of the Cold War.

Henry Bolton has claimed press interest in his on-off relationship with a 25-year-old glamour model is similar to the intrusion Princess Diana suffered just before her death.

Theresa May has warned that people across Europe will be at greater risk of a terror attack after Brexit unless the EU drops its "ideological" opposition to security agreements with non-member states.

Oxfam has been barred from bidding for taxpayers' money for the foreseeable future after allegations of improper sexual behaviour rocked public confidence in the charity.

Gavin Williamson has risked a diplomatic rift with France after he asked what the point would be in listening to the country's politicians on how to approach the Syrian conflict.

Theresa May has called on Europe’s leaders to cooperate on Brexit, telling Angela Merkel the negotiations should not be “a one-way street”. 

Top Tory MP Sarah Wollaston has warned that delays in reaching a Brexit transition deal could put patients at risk. 

Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Smith has hit out at a senior Tory's decision to invite a controversial loyalist to give evidence before a Commons committee.

Labour has regained its lead in the polls just a week after the Conservatives went ahead by their biggest margin since last year's election.

A row has broken out after a controversial loyalist was invited to give evidence to a Commons committee.

Thousands of Labour members have emailed the party demanding to be given a say on its Brexit policy amid concerns that Jeremy Corbyn is ignoring their views.

Theresa May should stop "pussyfooting around" and impose direct rule from Westminister on Northern Ireland, Lord Trimble has declared.

Nigel Farage has called on Ukip members to give their backing to party leader Henry Bolton - or face "irrelevance" as an electoral force.

Jeremy Corbyn was either "incredibly naive or complicit" over his meeting with a Czech spy at the height of the Cold War, according to the former head of MI6.

Some MPs are probably involved in the abuse of children, an influential Labour backbencher has claimed. 

Ukip could face financial ruin after it was hit with a six-figure legal bill over false claims made by one of its MEPs that three Labour MPs covered up child sexual abuse.

Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has said Jeremy Corbyn "cannot be trusted" after it emerged the Labour leader held meetings with a Czech spy during the Cold War.

George Osborne has said the Government is powerless to prevent 16-year-olds being given the vote.

Labour has called for Theresa May's "direct involvement" in last-ditch talks to get power-sharing up and running again at Stormont.

The overwhelming majority of British businesses do not want to leave the customs union and a majority also want to stay in the single market, according to a survey carried out by Ed Balls.

Voters are overwhelmingly opposed to plans to put new peers into a House of Lords which campaigners claim is already "bursting at the seams", according to a new poll.

Former Conservative minister Anna Soubry has torn into Boris Johnson over yesterday's "embarrassing" speech on Brexit. 

David Cameron repeatedly apologised to Jean-Claude Juncker for opposing his candidacy for the European Commission, the EU veteran has claimed.

Gavin Williamson has hit out at the Russian government, accusing the Kremlin of launching "malicious cyber attacks" in an attempt to undermine the West. 

EU officials have reportedly removed a so-called 'punishment clause' from the draft Brexit transition arrangement.