John Johnston

Thousands of people owed disability benefits have been underpaid due to failings at the Department of Work and Pensions, MPs have claimed.

An education minister has admitted she would advise her own children to delay taking one of the Government's newly-proposed qualifications.

A new complaints procedure set up to handle allegations of bullying and harassment within Westminster has come under fire from a major trade union.

Labour have called on the Government to back a bid for the UK to host the 2030 World Cup to mark the centenary year of the tournament.

Tom Watson has refused to rule out the possiblity of Labour backing a second referendum on the European Union, following a bruising week for Theresa May's Brexit plans.

Labour staff targeted Jeremy Corbyn and his closest allies with Facebook adverts in a bid to convince his team that they were running campaigns he he backed, it has been claimed.

Sajid Javid has announced a pause in the Government's "hostile environment" immigration policy in the wake of the Windrush scandal.

Labour have grabbed an opinion poll lead in the wake of a disastrous few days for the Conservatives.

Esther McVey should have her pay docked as a "sanction" for her handling of Universal Credit, Labour has said.

Michael Gove has given his full backing to Theresa May’s Brexit plan following a spate of major resignations.

Jeremy Hunt has been named as the new Foreign Secretary following the shock resignation of Boris Johnson.

Steve Baker has accused Downing Street of using "childish nonsense" to pile pressure on Brexiteers, hours after he followed his boss David Davis in quitting the Government.

The Government's "aggressive" approach to driving down costs has piled risk on companies like the doomed outsourcing giant Carillion, a scathing report by MPs has warned.

Theresa May has said she is "appalled" after a woman exposed to nerve agent Novichok died in hospital.

A group of top Tory MPs have urged Theresa May to heed the warnings of businesses ahead of a critical Brexit meeting of the Cabinet tomorrow.

Home Secretary Sajid Javid will today chair a meeting of the Government’s Cobra committee on the investigation into a new Novichok poisoning case.

Jaguar Land Rover has warned that 40,000 jobs could be at risk over Brexit uncertainty. 

SNP MPs have been accused of taking part in “pathetic theatrics” after forcing votes during England's World Cup match last night.

The Electoral Commission is expected to find that the official campaign to take Britain out of the EU broke rules around election spending.

UK ministers have said they will pay up to £5m on policing costs should Donald Trump visit Scotland to play golf.

The Conservatives have stretched their lead over Labour despite weeks of damaging public splits over Brexit.

David Cameron personally asked Barack Obama to declare that Britain would go to "the back of the queue" in trade talks if it voted to quit the EU, a former White House adviser has said.

Theresa May has urged Conservative members to submit 1,000 new policy ideas in a bid to help the party win the next general election.

Theresa May’s cash boost for the NHS will make "no difference whatsoever" to the immediate funding crisis gripping the health service, Jeremy Corbyn has said.

Nicola Sturgeon has been forced to drop her new education minister just a day after handing her the job as controversial comments she made about transgender students resurfaced.

The UK could fail to hit legally binding emissions targets if it does not take "urgent action", the Government's official advisers have warned.

People aged between 40 and 65 should pay a new "Social Care Premium" to help plug a growing funding gap in the social care sector, MPs have said.

Ministers' claims about the size of the final Brexit divorce bill are too "narrow" and fail to account for possible billions in extra spending, a cross-party group of MPs has warned.

Nigel Farage has denied making intentionally misleading remarks which shifted currency markets on the evening of the Brexit referendum.

Ministers have failed to give business any clarity over Brexit in the past year, a top City boss has said.

Labour have accused Boris Johnson of "lying" to voters as it emerged he will miss a crunch vote on Heathrow because of a trip to Afghanistan.

Jacob Rees-Mogg has dismissed Theresa May’s plan to hike taxes to help pay for a big spending increase on the NHS.

Gavin Williamson has threatened to bring down Theresa May in a row over defence spending, it has been reported.

A House of Commons committee is facing a probe from the UK’s data watchdog after revealing Brexit chief Arron Banks' passport number online, PoliticsHome can disclose.

Andrea Leadsom has said that Labour are to blame for one of their MPs being forced to vote in a wheelchair.

Jeremy Hunt has apologised for the “truly shocking” deaths of hundreds of patients at a hospital in Hampshire.