The Treasury fined Theresa May’s Home Office after she gave the former head of the child abuse inquiry a salary of £500,000 per year, it has emerged.  

Former Cabinet minister Alan Johnson has compared the “narrow sectarian left” at the top of today’s Labour party to Militant.

Britain will continue making payments to the European Union after Brexit, David Davis admitted yesterday. 

Tim Farron decided to quit as Lib Dem leader two weeks into the general election campaign, he has revealed.

Conservative MPs have called for Lord Adonis to be sacked as a government adviser after he said Brexit could be as big a mistake as the appeasement of Adolf Hitler.

Brexit could be the UK's biggest mistake since the appeasement of Hitler in the 1930s, according to a former Labour Cabinet minister.

Theresa May can lead the Conservatives into the next general election, according to the minister who challenged her for the leadership last year.

Nicola Sturgeon and Carwyn Jones have threatened to derail the Government's flagship Brexit bill and accused Theresa May of mounting a "power grab" on Scotland and Wales.

Theresa May's failure to win a majority at the general election has weakened the Government's grip on public spending, the Government’s economic watchdog has warned. 

Theresa May has set herself on a collision course with Labour after it emerged the Charter of Fundamental Rights will not be transferred into UK law after Brexit.

The vote on Heathrow expansion has been delayed because of the general election, the Transport Secretary has revealed.

Alex Salmond has revealed he is preparing to stand at the next general election after he lost his seat last month.

Theresa May has admitted that she “shed a tear” when told that the election night exit poll showed the Conservatives would fail to win an overall majority.

A Ukip activist hoping to seize the party crown last night branded the previous leadership team “incorrigible fascists” over their controversial policy on FGM, PoliticsHome can reveal.

The row over UK nuclear safety after Brexit stepped up a notch this morning as new minister Steve Baker insisted Britain must quit Euratom when it leaves the EU.

Labour is ready to negotiate a Brexit “that works for both sides”, Jeremy Corbyn has declared ahead of a meeting with EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier.

Theresa May’s plan for Brexit could “fall apart like a chocolate orange” if she fails to hold Government departments together through the process, the head of the National Audit Office has warned.

A senior Conservative MP has offered a damning assessment of his own party - branding it a “failing organisation” in need of reform.

Theresa May has said she wants to stay on as Prime Minister for "the next few years" in order to deliver Brexit.

The number of students applying to British universities in 2017 fell by 4% compared to last year, according to figures from admissions service Ucas.

Theresa May faces a fresh headache after a string of Remain-supporting Conservatives MPs were elected to lead powerful Commons committees. 

King Felipe of Spain has faced criticism after telling MPs and peers that his country and Britain must reach an "arrangement" over Gibraltar.

Theresa May has ordered a review into the intimidation of politicians after MPs suffered a torrent of abuse from their opponents during the election campaign.

Top Tory minister Damian Green was humiliated today after being slapped down by a government quango for fudging the announcement of a key fiscal report.

Diane Abbott has condemned the Government after it point blank refused to release a long-awaited report into funding for UK extremism that was expected to criticise Saudi Arabia.

Damian Green has hit back at “scaremongering” claims that quitting Euratom could threaten cancer treatment, amid growing Tory pressure to stay members of the EU’s nuclear regulator. 

The Children’s Commissioner for England has written to EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier, pleading with him not to use children and families as a “bargaining chip” during Brexit talks.

The top Brexit negotiator in Brussels shot back at Boris Johnson today after the Foreign Secretary said the EU could “go whistle” if it wants a big financial settlement.

A furious row has erupted after senior Labour MPs backed Zac Goldsmith's campaign for a top Commons post despite criticism of his attacks on Sadiq Khan during his attempt to become mayor of London.

Follow all the action as Damian Green and Emily Thornberry stand in for their party leaders at this week's Prime Minister's Questions. 

Workers have taken another hit as new figures today revealed that earnings failed to keep pace with inflation in the second quarter of the year.

The new leader of Kensington and Chelsea council today admitted she has never set foot inside one of the borough’s high rise residential blocks.

A Government-backed mission to disrupt people smuggling in the Mediterranean has ended up leaving more migrants dead, a committee of peers has found.

Safety measures around taxi licencing set up in the wake of the Rotherham abuse scandal are being circumvented by rogue drivers, a cross-party group of MPs has said.

Labour have accused the Conservatives of sanctioning "vitriolic personal attacks" against them during the general election - as a Tory MP accuses Momentum of targeting his party's candidates.

The Government is holding back publication of a report on racial inequality because its findings are deemed so "explosive", according to reports.