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Here is a summary of this morning's briefing for lobby journalists by the Prime Minister's official spokesman.

Jon Lansman has confirmed he is running to be Labour's general secretary - despite coming under huge pressure from Jeremy Corbyn not to stand.

Voters should be given the chance to either accept or reject the final Brexit deal in a fresh referendum, Sir John Major has declared.

Philip Hammond has been criticised after he spoke about a summer night he spent on a beach during a Cabinet discussion on homelessness.

Cabinet ministers have raided more than £300m from a special pot to help Armed Forces charities to cover shortfalls in their own budgets, it has emerged.

Boris Johnson has sparked a fresh row after he appeared to concede that Brexit may lead to the return of a hard border in Ireland.

Female Labour members are being forced to endure sexual abuse, harassment and discrimination "at all levels" within the party, according to a damning report.

Here is a summary of this morning's briefing for lobby journalists by the Prime Minister's official spokesman.

A senior trade union official has confirmed she is running to be the new general secretary of the Labour party.

Jon Lansman is gaining support in the race to succeed Iain McNicol as Labour's general secretary, PoliticsHome has learned.

Jeremy Corbyn has insisted he has no regrets over his with meeting a Czech diplomat at the height of the Cold War.

Jeremy Corbyn has effectively ruled out supporting a second EU referendum on the Brexit deal Theresa May strikes with Brussels.

There's an iconic scene in Jaws where Martin Brody, the aquaphobic police chief on board the shark-hunting Orca, is suddenly confronted with the enormity of the task facing its crew.

Jeremy Corbyn is to rule out Labour supporting UK membership of the single market after Brexit - threatening a major row with many of his own MPs.

Ken Livingstone is not facing an imminent return to the Labour party, sources have revealed.

A vice-chair of the Conservative Party has been forced to apologise and make a "substantial" donation to charity over a tweet in which he accused Jeremy Corbyn of selling secrets to Communist spies.

Labour has been thrown into fresh chaos after Iain McNicol dramatically quit as general secretary after more than six years in the role.

A Labour MP has been criticised for questioning the viability of the Good Friday Agreement.

Here is a summary of this morning's briefing for lobby journalists by the Prime Minister's official spokesman.

A former Tory minister has launched a fresh bid to defeat the Government over Brexit.

Pro-Brexit ministers have claimed victory after a key Cabinet committee agreed a compromise deal on the UK's future relationship with the EU in crunch talks.

Britain should still be able to strike trade deals alongside the European Union even after Brexit, Emily Thornberry has said.

Boris Johnson has come under fire for allowing a hard Brexit think tank to hold its official launch in the Foreign Office for free.

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Jeremy Corbyn has been warned that a bullying row which hit Labour at the weekend will cost the party votes in future elections.

A former Tory minister will be appointed as the new head of the charity watchdog despite a cross-party group of MPs calling for the move to be blocked.

Theresa May has accused Jeremy Corbyn of trying to "shoot the messenger" after he pledged a press crackdown following allegations he passed secrets to a Czechoslovakian spy during the Cold War.

A senior Labour frontbencher has said Jeremy Corbyn's position on Brexit is "deepening and evolving" 

Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to crack down on the "billionaire tax exiles" who own some of Britain's biggest newspapers after he was accused of passing secrets to a Czech spy at the height of the Cold War.

A Labour MP is set to launch a bid to introduce same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland.

Theresa May has called on opposition parties to "encourage" some of their peers to retire in a bid to reduce the overall size of the House of Lords.

Britain will not turn into a "Mad Max-style world borrowed from dystopian fiction" after it leaves the European Union, according to David Davis.

A Conservative MP has been forced to delete a tweet alleging Jeremy Corbyn sold secrets to Communist spies after a legal threat from the Labour leader.

Brexit has left the UK like a "conflict zone", according to one of the founders of a new political party which wants to keep Britain in the European Union.

Downing Street has dismissed calls for MPs to be given a vote on scrapping plans to reduce the size of the House of Commons.

Labour MPs have reacted angrily after Emily Thornberry shrugged off claims that a senior female official was bullied at a fractious party meeting.