Kevin Schofield

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

Britain is to deploy three military helicopters to help France take on Islamist terrorists in western African.

Labour has insisted Jeremy Corbyn will definitely lead the party into the next election, amid claims some of his colleagues fear he will be too old.

A Conservative MP who suggested unemployed men should have vasectomies to stop them having more children will not be sacked as a vice-chair of the party, Number 10 has said.

A Conservative MP tasked by Theresa May with reconnecting the party with young people once called for the unemployed to have vasectomies to stop them having children.

The head of Labour's disciplinary body has been ousted by Momentum in the first major show of strength since Jeremy Corbyn supporters won control of the party's national executive committee.

The collapse of Carillion should signal the end of the privatisation agenda, Jeremy Corbyn has declared.

Carillion bosses both past and present could be hit with huge fines over their conduct in the run-up to the firm's collapse, it has emerged.

Theresa May has hit back at Nicola Sturgeon's claims that Brexit will be disastrous for Scotland, insisting that the UK is four times more important than the EU to the Scottish economy.

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

Jeremy Corbyn has tightened his grip on Labour after his supporters swept to victory in elections to the party's ruling body.

What a difference a year makes.

Boris Johnson has blamed Jeremy Corbyn and Sadiq Khan for Donald Trump's decision to cancel a planned visit to London to open the new American embassy.

Donald Trump has dramatically cancelled his planned trip to open the new American Embassy in London amid fears he would face a storm of protest.

Jeremy Corbyn has sacked one of his closest allies from the Labour frontbench after he called for council tax to be doubled on high-value homes.

Philip Hammond has called on the European Union to drop warnings that the UK must be "punished" in the Brexit negotiations for voting to quit the bloc.

A Cabinet minister has accused peers of trying to "restrict press freedom" after they supported calls for a new Leveson inquiry into the media.

John McDonnell will set out Labour's plan to overturn the capitalist system on his first visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Jeremy Corbyn has hit out at Theresa May's "alarming" decision to promote Esther McVey to the Cabinet.

Len McCluskey has admitted that the early general secretary election he triggered caused "damage" to the union he leads.

Theresa May hailed the injection of "fresh talent" into her government following the New Year reshuffle - but was immediately criticised for a rise in privately-educated Cabinet ministers.

Tough new standards governing ministers' behaviour have been introduced in the wake of the sexual harassment scandals which claimed the scalps of Sir Michael Fallon and Damian Green.

Jeremy Corbyn is facing another Brexit rebellion after Labour MPs backed a fresh bid to keep Britain in the EU customs union.

Toby Young has quit his role on a universities watchdog following a huge controversy over a string of offensive tweets he posted in the past.

Justine Greening quit the Government while Jeremy Hunt fought off attempts to remove him as Health Secretary as Theresa May's much-heralded New Year reshuffle descended into farce.

James Brokenshire has dramatically quit as Northern Ireland Secretary for health reasons.

Len McCluskey has condemned the "manufactured" attempt to have him removed as boss of the Unite union.

Moderate Tory MPs could quit to help form a breakaway party if a hard Brexiteer like Jacob Rees-Mogg succeeds Theresa May as leader, a minister has claimed.

Emily Thornberry has been condemned after she said Labour cannot support anti-government protesters in Iran because it was unclear who were "the guys with white hats" in the conflict.

Angry Conservative MPs have hit out at party bosses after it emerged a formal probe has been launched into a controversial 'dossier' of alleged sex pests.

A former boss of the Unite union has ruled out accepting a peerage from Jeremy Corbyn.

A Labour MP who quit the party's frontbench over its policy on the European customs union has said he did so in a bid to protect jobs in his constituency.

A senior MP has called for the Parole Board to publish its reasons for approving the release of a serial sex attacker after just eight years.

Campaigners have hit out after it emerged that MPs accused of sexual harassment may only have to apologise to their victims.

The chair of the Stop the War Coalition and a former boss of the Unite union are in line to become Labour peers, it has emerged.

The son of Carl Sargeant is to be the Labour candidate in the by-election caused by his father's death.