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Sajid Javid has defended his decision to highlight the ethnicity of men involved in some grooming gangs.

Gavin Williamson has voiced security fears about allowing Chinese tech giant Huawei to be involved in the development of the UK's 5G mobile network.

Thousands of patients face spending the festive season in hospital due to a lack of outpatient treatment or social care being on offer for them, according to new analysis.

A Government minister has accused social media companies of acting like "unruly teenagers" as she called on them to crack down on the spread of suicide and self-harm content online.

Senior ministers will meet urgently to discuss the threat of copycat drones in the wake of the Gatwick airport attack, it has been reported. 

Andrea Leadsom has told MPs that a no-deal Brexit will become the "default position" if they fail to back Theresa May's deal.

Andrea Leadsom has risked a cabinet split by insisting the UK has nothing to fear from a so-called "no-deal Brexit".

A second Brexit referendum could be "plausible" if Theresa May’s deal falls, according to Amber Rudd.

Labour MP Fiona Onasanya has been dumped by the party after she was found guilty of lying to police to avoid a speeding charge.

Sajid Javid has gone to war with Downing Street by refusing to back a Tory Party manifesto pledge to reduce net migration below 100,000.

Labour will not table a no-confidence motion in the Government until Theresa May's Brexit deal collapses, a Shadow Cabinet member has said.

Ministers approved the sale of more than £2.5million-worth of snooping equipment to Saudi Arabia in the past year despite concerns over its human rights record, PoliticsHome can reveal.

Andrea Leadsom has called the impartiality of the Commons Speaker John Bercow into question over his views on Brexit.

Crossrail’s budget is expected to balloon by a further £1bn after ministers agreed to sign-off on an emergency funding package.

The DUP could back a bid by Labour to bring down Theresa May if she fails to get her Brexit deal through the Commons, it has been reported.

Two more top Ukip figures have quit the party in protest at its association with right-wing activist Tommy Robinson.

Andrea Leadsom has said that Theresa May is the right Prime Minister “at the moment”.

Chris Grayling's response to recent rail timetabling chaos has been branded a "pathetic insult" by a union chief, despite his insistance that he has apologised “many, many times.”

Gavin Williamson has vowed to end the "witch-hunt" against ex-soldiers facing vindictive prosecutions.

Ministers failed to heed warnings that could have stopped “vulnerable” Windrush citizens from being swept up in an immigration clampdown, an official report has concluded.

Former Ukip deputy chair Suzanne Evans has quit the party over the appointment of right-wing activist Tommy Robinson as an adviser.

Two senior Labour frontbenchers are at odds over the possibility of including a no-deal option on any future EU referendum ballot.

A vote of confidence in Theresa May's government is "inevitable" if her Brexit deal falls, Keir Starmer has said.

Andrea Leadsom has called for John Bercow to step down from his role overseeing Parliament's bullying inquiries.

Theresa May has backed ‘robust’ new police tactics to target moped criminals.

A Labour MP has become the first to reveal he is HIV+ in the debating chamber of the House of Commons.

Theresa May has suffered a fresh blow as a previously loyal Conservative ex-Cabinet minister hit out at her “doomed” Brexit deal.

Labour have slammed “short-sighted” cuts to funding for sexual health services and help for people to quit smoking.

Donald Trump has warned Theresa May that her Brexit deal could make it difficult for the UK to trade with America after it quits the EU.

Jeremy Hunt has welcomed the “bittersweet” pardoning of British academic Matthew Hedges.

Former Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab has said that Britain would be better off staying in the EU than leaving on the terms of Theresa May’s plan.

Britain is to spend £50 million to help tackle female genital mutilation in Africa.

Tommy Robinson has been appointed as an adviser to Ukip leader Gerard Batten on rape gangs and prison reform.

David Mundell has rejected calls for him to resign as he hit back at Nicola Sturgeon's claim that the Conservatives were betraying Scottish fishermen.

Immigration minister Caroline Nokes was left red-faced during a grilling by MPs after she got her facts wrong about a housing case.

Labour bosses have come under fire after allowing a councillor accused of sharing anti-Semitic messages on social media to remain in the party, PoliticsHome can reveal.