John Johnston

Sajid Javid has been appointed as the new Home Secretary in the wake of the dramatic resignation of Amber Rudd, Downing Street has announced.

Former Commons Speaker Michael Martin has died at the age of 72.

Tory minister Caroline Nokes is being investigated by her own party over claims she paid the wrong amount of council tax.

Thousands of Russian Twitter bots were used in a bid to influence the snap general election in favour of Jeremy Corbyn, new research has shown.

Labour frontbencher Keir Starmer has hit out at Len McCluskey over his attack on “Corbyn-hater” MPs who have challenged the Labour leadership on anti-Semitism.

A senior Labour MP is preparing to quit the House of Commons, it has emerged.

A trio of top Tory ministers have been accused of gearing up for potential leadership bids after it was revealed that they had been amassing significant war chests.

MPs are pushing for a fresh crackdown on tax havens hiding 'dirty money'.

The leaders of the opposition parties have come together to urge ministers to back new plans to tackle unhealthy eating.

Theresa May and Boris Johnson have clashed after the Foreign Secretary repeated his calls for an amnesty for some illegal immigrants.

Victims of the Windrush scandal are to have their citizenship fees waived, Amber Rudd has announced.

Senior Tory ministers were among the “harshest critics” of Theresa May’s immigration policies under the coalition government, a former chair of the Conservative party has claimed.

Labour's Emily Thornberry has urged the Home Secretary to step down over the Windrush migration scandal.

Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones has said that he will be stepping down from the role later this year.

Jeremy Hunt has pledged a crackdown on tech firms who are failing to protect children using social media sites with a raft of new laws.

A new poll has found that support for bringing the water sector into public ownership has nearly halved in the last six months.

Ofcom have confirmed that supposed ‘audience tweets’ read out on former First Minister Alex Salmond’s RT show are under investigation.

Parliamentary watchdogs have launched an investigation into Jeremy Hunt after he admitted to breaching money laundering rules, PoliticsHome can reveal.

A former Labour mayor has been suspended from the party for calling Theresa May and Esther McVey "foul b*****s', PoliticsHome can reveal.

Suspended Cambridge Analytica Chief Alexander Nix has refused to appear in front of a parliamentary committee.

Ministers are braced for a series of defeats as their flagship Brexit bill faces crunch votes in the House of Lords

The Government has accused Russia of a large-scale cyber hack targeting thousands of British households.

Hundreds of thousands of NHS patients will be given cash to plan their own treatments under new government plans.

The Government is at risk of "stumbling into dangerous territory" over the use of "killer robots", a new report from peers has warned.

Jeremy Hunt has been forced to apologise after he failed to declare a stake in a company which bought luxury flats on the south coast.

A former Labour mayor has been condemned for calling Theresa May and Esther McVey "foul b****" and appearing to mock Tory voters who get cancer.

Barry Gardiner has claimed that the Good Friday Agreement has been "played up" for economic and political reasons during the Brexit negotiations.

Home Office minister Victoria Atkins has been left embarrassed after she was unable to say how many police officers there are in the UK.

Campaigners will be forced to make it clear who paid for online ads in a bid to halt election interference, under plans being announced by the Government.

Top Labour MP Harriet Harman says she has accepted an apology from Conservative MP Kemi Badenoch for hacking into her website in order to spread Tory propaganda.

Female staff at Tory HQ are paid more than their male colleagues on average, it has been revealed.

A fresh row has erupted between MPs on the Brexit Select Committee after its new report said Theresa May should not rule out a Norway-style deal with the EU.

Ministers will introduce a ban on ivory sales to crackdown on the "abhorrent" trade, Michael Gove has said.

Powerful left-wing campaign group Momentum has admitted that Labour's anti-Semitism problem is "more widespread" than previously thought.

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has been accused of giving "false hope" to the family of jailed British mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.

Labour is "letting down" the people of Britain by failing to properly tackle its anti-Semitism problem, a party grandee has declared.