Social media giant Facebook has said it will investigate Russian attempts to influence the EU referendum result. 

The UK will spend an extra £44.5m on border security in France in a bid to ensure checks continue on the other side of the Channel, it has emerged.

Tory vice chairman Ben Bradley has been forced to apologise for a second time after further offensive comments he made online in the past emerged last night. 

Golden goodbyes promised to Carillion bosses worth hundreds of thousands of pounds have been blocked by the Government.

Ukip leader Henry Bolton was spotted with his girlfriend, Jo Marney, last night just days after claiming they had broken up amid a row over racist texts. 

Britain will be on the hook for almost £200bn in PFI payments over the next 30 years, the official spending watchdog has said.

Britain is to deploy three military helicopters to help France take on Islamist terrorists in western African.

Jeremy Corbyn was hit by a fresh Brexit rebellion tonight as dozens of Labour MPs backed calls to keep the UK in the single market and customs union after it quits the EU.

NHS workers tell of seeing patients die from long ambulance waits and staff being forced to rely on foodbanks in Labour's latest party political broadcast.

Labour has insisted Jeremy Corbyn will definitely lead the party into the next election, amid claims some of his colleagues fear he will be too old.

A Conservative MP who suggested unemployed men should have vasectomies to stop them having more children will not be sacked as a vice-chair of the party, Number 10 has said.

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European Commission boss Jean-Claude Juncker today said he would help the UK rejoin the EU after Brexit if it chooses to.

Jared O’Mara will embark on a “phased return” to work following his suspension by Labour over sexist and homophobic comments, it has emerged.

Ministers are said to be "very worried" about the finances of another private sector firm delivering public services in the wake of Carillion's liquidation.

Britain is on the verge of “no longer being taken seriously” by other global powers because “defence has been cut to the bone,” a former armed forces minister has warned.

Boris Johnson has urged Theresa May to outflank Labour by committing to spend an extra £100m a week on the NHS after Brexit.

Jacob Rees-Mogg has been elected to chair a 60-strong group of eurosceptic Tory MPs. 

Theresa May is reportedly set to commit more cash for Calais migrants in order to retain Britain’s border arrangements with France.

The Chancellor has indicated he is “sympathetic to looking carefully” at laws that tax donations given to referendum campaigns, it has emerged.

Owners of energy inefficient homes could be forced to install green measures by the Government, if ministers take the advice of a select committee.

A Conservative MP tasked by Theresa May with reconnecting the party with young people once called for the unemployed to have vasectomies to stop them having children.

Theresa May has appointed a new minister for loneliness as part of a raft of measures to tackle the issue inspired by the late MP Jo Cox.

Labour has called on the UK statistics watchdog to rebuke Boris Johnson after he claimed Britain will have even more than £350m a week extra to spend after Brexit.

The head of Labour's disciplinary body has been ousted by Momentum in the first major show of strength since Jeremy Corbyn supporters won control of the party's national executive committee.

Tory MP Anna Soubry has accused Boris Johnson of 'conning’ voters after he reignited the row over the Leave campaign's claim that Britain sends Brussels £350m a week.

Business Secretary Greg Clark has ordered a fast-track investigation into the behaviour of bosses past and present at failed construction giant Carillion.

Jacob Rees-Mogg has said more cash may have to be ploughed into the NHS as the service struggles to cope with winter pressures. 

Brexit can still be stopped if the British people have a change of heart, according to two key EU figures.

A high-profile supporter of Jeremy Corbyn has warned Labour MPs they have the threat of mandatory reselection "hanging over them" if they do not back the party leader.

Theresa May is reportedly set to be handed less favourable terms in any transition period following Brexit amid growing pressure from Norwegian officials.

Theresa May will try to meet with Donald Trump in Davos in a bid to repair relations after he cancelled a planned visit to London due next month.

One in four very-low income households are struggling to pay bills or debt, with 10% spending more than a quarter of their salary on credit card repayments, a report has found.

The Government will reportedly be forced to fork out ‘hundreds of millions of pounds’ on the back of the collapse of Carillion after an earlier promise to save public sector jobs.

Centrist Labour MPs have said they could quit the party or trigger by-elections if leftwingers push for deselections. 

Boris Johnson has upped the ante on the Leave campaign's claim that the Government sends Brussels £350m per week, insisting they should have actually used a higher figure.