Kevin Schofield

The roasted bird on Theresa May's Christmas dinner table is not the only goose that was cooked over the festive period.

A second EU referendum would "further divide" the UK by heightening the tensions which already exist across the country, Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay has warned.

Jeremy Hunt has become the first Cabinet minister to admit that Bashar al-Assad will remain in power in Syria despite UK efforts to remove him from office.

Most Conservative Party members would prefer the UK to leave the European Union without a deal, according to a new poll.

A top Labour policy official has been criticised after he launched an outspoken attack on the campaign for a second EU referendum.

A former Labour mayor has been criticised after sharing a Facebook post about Adolf Hitler and the Holocaust.

Transgender people are not getting access to basic healthcare services, according to a senior Conservative MP.

Sajid Javid has been accused of breaking international law after he suggested that the hundreds of migrants crossing the English Channel in an attempt to get to the UK may not be "genuine" asylum seekers.

Government departments should be axed or merged in order to save the taxpayer billions of pounds, according to Treasury insiders.

Sajid Javid has suggested that migrants trying to get into the UK by crossing the English Channel may not be "genuine" asylum seekers.

The number of peers could be slashed by removing "passengers" who make little or no contribution to the work of the House of Lords, according to the Lord Speaker.

Britain can be an "invisible chain" between democracies around the world once it leaves the EU, Jeremy Hunt will say.

Three-quarters of Labour party members want a second EU referendum, according to a new poll.

Labour has called on the Government to reverse health spending cuts after it emerged one-in-five pregnant women in some parts of the country are smokers.

George Osborne has said the Conservatives are on course for "a prolongers period of opposition" unless they modernise.

A controversial Labour MP has been forced to apologise after giving his support to a musician accused of anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial.

Theresa May has been accused of trying to "intimidate" MPs into backing her Brexit deal after it emerged the Government could urge people to change their diets if the UK crashes out of the EU.

A senior member of Theresa May's frontbench has said he would find it "very difficult" to stay in the Cabinet if the Government ended up backing a no-deal Brexit.

Boris Johnson has been cleared by a Conservative Party probe into comments he made about women who wear burkas.

A former minister has quit the Labour party and accused Jeremy Corbyn of failing to tackle anti-Semitism among his supporters.

A Labour MP convicted of perverting the course of justice has compared herself to Jesus and Moses.

Theresa May has slapped down Cabinet ministers Amber Rudd and Andrea Leadsom after they went off-script to float Brexit policies not backed by the Government.

Net migration will be brought down to "sustainable levels" thanks to a crackdown on the number of low-skilled workers entering the UK after Brexit, Sajid Javid will declare today.

Ministers should delay the rollout of Universal Credit until they are sure that disabled claimants are protected from the potential impact, according to a cross-party group of MPs.

Opposition parties have joined forces to table a motion of no confidence in the Government - and challenged Jeremy Corbyn to back it.

A former Tory minister has said he will resign the party whip and could help to bring down the Government if Theresa May backs a no-deal Brexit.

A Cabinet row has erupted after senior ministers lined up to condemn Penny Mordaunt's call for a "managed no-deal" exit from the European Union.

Theresa May's top team of senior ministers will today discuss what more needs to be done to prepare for the UK leaving the European Union without a deal.

Theresa May came within one no-confidence letter of facing a vote on her leadership last month, it has been revealed.

Jeremy Corbyn was forced to scrap plans to table a motion of no confidence in Theresa May after she announced a date for the vote on her Brexit deal.

Downing Street has insisted there are "no plans" to hold a series of special Commons votes on Brexit, despite Cabinet ministers publicly calling for them.

When the most interesting thing about a summit is the context in which someone used the word "nebulous", you know it hasn't been a classic.

Theresa May has clashed with Jean-Claude Juncker after he accused her of failing to make clear precisely what she wants from the Brexit negotiations.

Theresa May has insisted fresh progress in Brexit talks remains "possible" just hours after the EU ruled out "legally binding" changes to the Northern Ireland backstop.

Europe should begin preparations for the "near probability" of another Brexit referendum, Tony Blair will claim today.

Philip Hammond has been forced into an embarrassing climbdown after sparking a row by calling Tory Brexiteers "extremists".