The sale and purchase of ivory is set to be banned in the UK in a bid to protect elephants, Michael Gove has announced.

A Brexit transition deal must be reached by Christmas to reassure banks, the deputy governor of the Bank of England has warned. 

Pressure is mounting on Theresa May after Conservative former chairman Grant Shapps admitted he is coordinating a plot to oust her. 

A top SNP MP has urged his Conservative and Labour colleagues north of the border to join forces to keep Britain in the single market after Brexit.

Theresa May is fighting for her political life after former Cabinet ministers joined a plot to oust her as Prime Minister.

The Chancellor’s £26bn Budget war chest could be all but wiped out, as the Office for Budget Responsibilty prepares to downgrade growth forecasts.

A former minister has revealed “quite a few” Tory MPs want Theresa May to resign in the wake of her chaotic conference speech.

A Tory minister has become the first to criticise Boris Johnson’s controversial remarks about the war-torn Libyan city of Sirte.  

Cabinet ministers have contacted Downing Street to urge Theresa May not to resign in the wake of her disastrous Tory conference speech.

Nick Clegg has urged people to join the Labour party in a bid to stop Brexit. 

Tory MPs have turned on Theresa May after an ill-fated conference address that saw her confronted by a protester before dissolving into a coughing fit. 

Conservative chairman Sir Patrick McLoughlin’s position is in question after a comedian got within feet of Theresa May during her key conference address yesterday. 

Jeremy Corbyn has said the content of Theresa May’s set piece conference speech amounted to a “watering down" of Labour pledges.

Theresa May has slapped down Boris Johnson for his “inappropriate” remark that the war-torn Libyan city of Sirte can be like Dubai "once they clear the dead bodies away"

The Conservative chairman has said there will be in inquiry into how a well-known prankster was able to get within metres of Theresa May during her party conference speech.

Theresa May today unveiled plans to cap household energy bills in a conference speech overshadowed by a lengthy coughing fit and a prankster handing her a mock P45.

Conservative MPs rallied behind Theresa May today after she battled through a faltering voice and a disruptive protester to finish her keynote conference speech.

Theresa May's Tory conference speech was thrown into disarray this morning as a prankster handed her a P45 form on stage.

Theresa May has apologised to Conservative members for her leadership of the general election campaign, telling her party's conference "I am sorry".

Conservative MPs have joined the calls for Boris Johnson to be sacked after he said the war-torn Libyan city of Sirte can be like Dubai "once they clear the dead bodies away".

Philip Hammond alarmed business leaders by warning them not to “collaborate” with the Labour party and let Jeremy Corbyn into Downing Street, new reports have said.

Theresa May has been urged to sack Boris Johnson after he said the war-torn Libyan city of Sirte can be like Dubai "once they clear the dead bodies away".

Theresa May will today announce a major new drive to build hundreds of thousands of council houses, it has been reported.

Theresa May has been urged to sack Boris Johnson after he said Libya has a bright future "once they clear the dead bodies away".

Theresa May will today tell her warring government it is time to "shape up" and start delivering for ordinary people.

A Conservative minister who had appeared to back Jacob Rees-Mogg as a future Prime Minister has claimed he was being “ironic”.

Boris Johnson finally lifted Conservative spirits today with a rousing speech in which he blasted the Labour party and said Britain was well placed to “win the future”.

Theresa May has insisted being Prime Minister does not make her "miserable" despite repeated criticism of her performance in the job.

The Brexit vote was the result of the British working class “throwing a tantrum” over immigration, the Europe minister has claimed.

Students can choose a "frugal existence" to help cope with the financial burden of university living costs, a Tory minister has said.

Michael Fallon has said the Government should pledge to increase Britain’s contributions to Nato from its current level at 2% of GDP.

The Government will ban the sale of corrosives to anyone under the age of 18 in a bid to stem the rise of horrific acid attacks in Britain, Amber Rudd announced today.

Jeremy Hunt has sparked a fresh row after insisting it was the Conservatives and not the Labour party who set up the NHS.

Priti Patel has vowed to bring in a “tough” new code of conduct for foreign aid contractors – including the right for a “compliance team” to call off contracts for unethical behaviour.

Theresa May today insisted she would be weak to appoint a Cabinet “full of yes men”, as she sought to play down the repeated challenges thrown at her by Boris Johnson.

Amber Rudd has enlisted election guru Lynton Crosby to help her defend her Hastings and Rye seat from a Labour challenge.