Matt Honeycombe-Foster

Jeremy Hunt has warned that the collapse of the Iranian nuclear deal could pose an "existential threat to mankind", as he heads to Brussels to try to salvage the agreement.

Philip Hammond told Treasury officials he plans to fight a no-deal Brexit from the Conservative backbenches, it has emerged.

Companies who do more to help staff struggling with mental health problems should be rewarded with tax breaks, Boris Johnson has said.

Conservative MP Guto Bebb will stand down at the next election because the party is trying to "appeal to the extremes", he has declared.

Labour should not be "going for the messengers" on anti-semitism, Emily Thornberry has declared, amid a bitter row over the treatment of party whistleblowers who spoke to the BBC's Panorama.

Philip Hammond has warned Boris Johnson that Britain "can't control" the impact of leaving the European Union without a deal.

Two former Labour officials who spoke to Panorama's investigation into anti-semitism have vowed to take legal action against the party for trying to "destroy" their reputations.

Tom Watson has urged Jeremy Corbyn to overhaul Labour’s rules so that anti-semites are automatically kicked out of the party.

Labour have lodged a complaint with John Bercow after accusing Cabinet minister David Lidington of trying to dodge questions about his department’s work on climate change.

Sir John Major has threatened to take Boris Johnson to court if the Conservative leadership frontrunner tries to shut down Parliament to force through a no-deal Brexit.

MPs have backed a plan to make a no-deal Brexit harder by a single vote.

MPs' hopes of stopping a no-deal Brexit have been dealt another blow after the Commons' Deputy Speaker rejected a key plank of Dominic Grieve's bid to stop the next Prime Minister from shutting down Parliament.

Dominic Grieve has unveiled a plan to try and prevent Boris Johnson suspending Parliament to push a no-deal Brexit in the face of MPs' opposition.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock is set to call for smoking to be wiped out in England completely by 2030, a leaked government plan has revealed.

Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson has "undermined" the party's battle with anti-semitism in a bid to attack Jeremy Corbyn, a member of the party's ruling body has claimed.

Jeremy Hunt will not let close ally Amber Rudd join his Cabinet if she refuses to sign up to plans for a no-deal Brexit, the Conservative leadership hopeful has declared.

Donald Trump has hit back at Britain's ambassador to the United States after leaked internal memos described the White House as "uniquely dysfunctional" and "inept".

Boris Johnson has promised to get the UK "match fit" to leave the European Union without a deal if he becomes Prime Minister - as MPs prepared a fresh attempt to thwart his plans.

A prominent Labour MP has vowed to use Parliamentary privilege to break "gagging orders" against party staff who want to speak out about its handling of anti-semitism.

A senior Labour backbencher has warned that a wave a deselections of Labour MPs will lead to civil war in the party.

The next Prime Minister should pump billions of pounds into the social care system to end the "national scandal" of vulnerable people going without the help they need, a new report has warned.

Labour has slumped to fourth place behind the Liberal Democrats as voters continue to desert the party, according to a new poll.

Cabinet minister David Gauke has launched a thinly-veiled attack on Boris Johnson as he predicted he would be sacked from government within weeks.

Jeremy Hunt has come under fire after he threw his weight behind calls for the ban on fox hunting to be lifted.

The UK's most senior civil servant has told top Whitehall staff that unauthorised briefings to the media "will not be tolerated" amid a row over claims about Jeremy Corbyn's health.

European leaders have warned the next Prime Minister they will not shift position on Brexit as Ursula von der Leyen was nominated as the new European Commission chief.

Boris Johnson has been referred to the UK's data watchdog as allies of his Tory leadership rival Jeremy Hunt claimed "foul play" in the race for Number 10.

Boris Johnson has vowed to end "the continuing creep of the nanny state” if he becomes Prime Minister by threatening to axe taxes on unhealthy food.

Philip Hammond has dropped a clear hint that he could vote to stop the next Conservative leader taking Britain out of the European Union without a deal.

The Brexit Party has formed an unlikely alliance with the Liberal Democrats to demand an overhaul of Westminster's "abysmal" first-past-the-post voting system.

Labour has accused ministers of "neglect" as a new survey revealed that one in three councils fear they will not have the cash to provide basic services within five years.

Boris Johnson is being urged to drastically cut the size of the Cabinet by taking the axe to a wave of Whitehall departments.

Civil service bosses have been urged to step in after Jeremy Hunt threatened to block summer holidays for government workers if Whitehall’s no-deal Brexit plans are not in place.

Jeremy Hunt has been accused of being "divorced from reality" as he threatened to cancel all civil service holidays unless no-deal Brexit preparations are up to scratch.

Britain's top civil servant is to write to Jeremy Corbyn after "unacceptable" claims by government officials that the Labour leader isn't healthy enough to become Prime Minister.

Nigel Farage has urged the Conservatives to "step aside" to give his Brexit Party a chance to take seats from Labour.