Kevin Schofield

Theresa May is pushing ahead with plans to double the tax on plastic bags to 10p - despite opposition from Chancellor Philip Hammond.

Nothing should be done to make it harder for women to come forward with allegations of sexual harassment, Nicola Sturgeon has said.

Emmanuel Macron will use a crunch summit to urge his fellow European leaders to strike a Brexit deal with the UK, it has been reported.

A bid by Alex Salmond to raise funds to pay for a legal case in the wake of allegations of sexual harassment by him when he was Scotland's first minister hit its target within hours of being launched.

Alex Salmond has quit the SNP following allegations of sexual harassment while he was Scotland's first minister.

Labour bosses have been criticised amid claims the party is preparing to finally adopt the globally-recognised definition of anti-Semitism.

A former minister has urged Tory chairman Brandon Lewis to suspend a membership drive amid fears Ukip supporters are using it to infiltrate the party.

Theresa May has indicated that she would fight any challenge to her leadership by Boris Johnson and insisted she will be Prime Minister "for the long term".

A former chief rabbi has said an address by Jeremy Corbyn in which he claimed British Zionists have "no sense of English irony" was "the most offensive" by a leading politician since Enoch Powell's infamous "rivers of blood" speech.

The Treasury has warned Downing Street that plans to double the charge to shoppers for using plastic bags "looks like profiteering," it has been reported.

Theresa May will say she is "unashamed" about British foreign aid being used in the interests of the UK as well as poverty-stricken nations across the globe.

Theresa May's hopes of winning EU backing for her Brexit strategy have been dealt a major blow after Emmanuel Macron suggested they risked "unravelling" the bloc.

Labour has denied claims the party plans to throw out any allegations of anti-Semitism deemed "vexatious" and designed to smear Jeremy Corbyn.

Labour MPs who are not committed to making Jeremy Corbyn the next Prime Minister should either resign or be replaced, according to a controversial backbencher.

Campaigners for a referendum on the final Brexit deal have launched a bid to force Labour to back their plan, it has been reported.

Labour has been accused of undermining the global fight against anti-Semitism by the body which drew up the international definition of the issue.

Boris Johnson has rejected Tory chairman Brandon Lewis's call for him to apologise for saying Muslim women who wear burqas look like bank robbers and letter boxes.

Labour has been plunged into a fresh row after lawyers for one of their MPs hit out at a disciplinary probe launched into his behaviour.

A Foreign Office minister has criticised Boris Johnson's "offensive" claim that women wearing burqas look like letter boxes and bank robbers.

A fresh row has erupted over claims by Labour that Margaret Hodge "expressed regret" for calling Jeremy Corbyn "an anti-Semitic racist".

Labour has dropped its disciplinary action against Margaret Hodge for calling Jeremy Corbyn "an anti-Semitic racist".

A former spokesman for Ed Miliband has been appointed chief spin doctor for the campaign for another EU referendum.

Labour party probes into MPs Margaret Hodge and Ian Austin should be "quietly dropped", according to one of Jeremy Corbyn's frontbench team.

Tom Watson has called for Labour to drop its disciplinary action against Margaret Hodge and Ian Austin - as he warned the party will "disappear into a vortex of eternal shame and embarrassment" if it does not tackle its anti-Semitism crisis.

On reflection, it may have been better if he hadn't bothered.

A Labour councillor has quit the party over an anti-Semitic post on social media claiming Jews drink blood and sexually abuse children.

Business chiefs have accused the Government of leaving companies "in the dark" by failing to make clear how it would cope with a no deal Brexit.

Senior Labour frontbenchers have given Jeremy Corbyn their full support as he prepares to address Jewish concerns about his commitment to tackling anti-Semitism in the Labour party.

Brussels is ready to water down its stance on the Irish border in an attempt to secure a Brexit deal with the UK, Michel Barnier has said.

A former Labour official forced to quit for defending a Holocaust denier has backed Peter Willsman's bid to be re-elected to the party's national executive committee.

The temperature is rising again at Westminster - and both the Conservatives and Labour are feeling the heat.

Boris Johnson is Tory members' favourite to be the party's next leader for the first time in two years, according to a new poll.

An ally of Jeremy Corbyn has been forced to apologise after being recorded claiming some members of the Jewish community complaining about anti-Semitism in the Labour party were "Trump fanatics".

Shortly before 8pm last night, the WhatsApp group used by moderate Labour MPs suddenly came alive.

Tom Watson has launched an outspoken attack on a close ally of Jeremy Corbyn after he claimed some members of the Jewish community complaining about anti-Semitism in the Labour party were "Trump fanatics".

Labour has suspended a councillor who suggested that the Israeli secret service was plotting to stop Jeremy Corbyn becoming Prime Minister.