Matt Honeycombe-Foster

Ministers have warned Boris Johnson not to let Dominic Cummings press ahead with a "counter-productive" battle with the civil service.

Boris Johnson has hailed a "momentous day" in Northern Ireland as the Stormont power-sharing executive got up and running again after three years of political deadlock.

Boris Johnson has said there is a "body of information" that Iran shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet en route to Kiev.

If Rebecca Long Bailey is pitching herself as the natural heir to Jeremy Corbyn, then Clive Lewis is promising to be a bolder and more radical left-winger than even the current incumbent.

Boris Johnson has told the president of the European Commission that Britain is "ready" to kick off talks on a post-Brexit trade deal despite her warning his timeframe for an agreement is "impossible".

The United Kingdom is "looking very hard" at the future of the Iran nuclear deal after Donald Trump urged Boris Johnson to pull out of the agreement, Dominic Raab has said.

Barry Gardiner is considering a surprise run for the Labour leadership, he has confirmed.

Dominic Raab has warned against a "war in the Middle East" after Iran fired rockets at bases in Iraq housing American and British troops.

Lisa Nandy and Jess Phillips have warned Labour MPs that the party must make a decisive break from the Jeremy Corbyn era if it is to win power again.

Labour has urged Conservative MPs to take "a moral stance" on the plight of child refugees as the party launched a bid to reinsert protections to the Government's Brexit bill.

Britain and the EU must thrash out a trade deal by the end of 2020, Boris Johnson will tell the new president of the European Commission.

Boris Johnson has ditched his plans to scrap the foreign aid department, it has been reported.

Dominic Cummings is risking a "completely unnecessary" war with the civil service, Britain's former top mandarin has warned.

Rosena Allin-Khan and Ian Murray have become the latest Labour MPs to enter the contest to become the party's deputy leader.

Rebecca Long Bailey has told Labour members she can be "trusted with our socialist agenda" as she became the sixth MP to enter the party's leadership race.

Labour's ruling National Executive Committee met on Monday to finalise the rules for what promises to be a bruising contest as the party picks Jeremy Corbyn's successor after its election drubbing. But how exactly will the battle work? Matt Honeycombe-Foster digs out the rulebook

The Labour Party must "win or die", Angela Rayner has warned as she unveiled her pitch to become its new deputy leader.

Number 10's plans for a "seismic" overhaul of the civil service have been branded "insulting" by trade unions representing Whitehall staff.

Troubled train operator Northern Rail will be stripped of its franchise over its "completely unacceptable" performance, the Transport Secretary has suggested.

Ministers have been accused of presiding over “another decade of misery” on the railways as the latest hikes to train fares kicks in.

Civil servants are "woefully unprepared" for "seismic" changes to their working culture being planned by Number 10, the author of the Tory manifesto has declared.

The former heads of both the Leave and Remain campaigns have joined forces to call for a "decade of reconnection" after years of "division" in Britain.

Most voters want Boris Johnson to pump more money into public services before cutting taxes, according to a new poll.

Boris Johnson has pitched himself as a "prime minister for everyone" as he tried to usher in the 2020s with a bid to heal the "division, rancour and uncertainty" in British politics.

Ministers have been accused of "hiding" the impact of Brexit on schools amid a bitter freedom of information battle with the Liberal Democrats.

Boris Johnson is preparing to set up a dedicated new Brexit team by the end of next month as he seeks to take control of talks on Britain’s future relationship with the European Union.

Labour must "look unflinchingly" at its general election defeat and tackle "cronyism at the top" of the party if it is to ever recover, according to a group of defeated MPs.

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The editor of Radio 4's Today programme has accused Downing Street of deploying "Trumpian" tactics after ministers were banned from appearing on the flagship morning show.

Former House of Commons Speaker John Bercow should be given a peerage despite objections from Number 10, his successor has said.

Donald Trump has invited Boris Johnson to visit him in the White House as the US and UK look to strike a "massive trade deal" after Brexit.

Former Labour deputy leader Lord Hattersley has called on the party's MPs to defy Rebecca Long-Bailey if she succeeds Jeremy Corbyn as leader.

Jeremy Corbyn has been hit by a rebellion of his shadow Cabinet as MPs threw their weight behind Boris Johnson's EU Withdrawal Agreement Bill.

Boris Johnson has urged MPs to end “years of delay and rancour” as he called on them to back his plan to leave the European Union in a crucial Commons vote.

Boris Johnson made a bid to cement the Tories’ new electoral coalition as he unveiled a Queen’s Speech heavy on Brexit, the NHS and workers’ rights.

More than 50 MPs have launched a campaign to get Big Ben to chime as Britain leaves the European Union on 31 January.