Matt Honeycombe-Foster

Jo Johnson has accused his brother Boris of selling the public a "false prospectus" on Brexit after dramatically resigning as a minister.

Anti-nuclear campaigners have taken aim at Shadow Defence Secretary Nia Griffith after she declared that Labour’s backing for Trident was “settled policy”.

Theresa May has been rocked by another frontbench resignation over Brexit as minister Jo Johnson tore into her plans for leaving the EU and called for a second referendum.

Labour will not scrap Trident as the price of a post-election pact with the SNP, a senior frontbencher has declared.

Nia Griffith has held a firm line on Labour’s defence policy since becoming shadow secretary of state two years ago. But can she maintain the party’s support for Trident going forward? The MP for Llanelli talks MoD budgets, Gavin Williamson, Russia, nuclear deterrents and more with Matt Foster

Public confidence in the police has been "severely dented" after a wave of Government spending cuts, a powerful committee of MPs has warned.

Theresa May has been criticised after an apparent government plan to sell her Brexit deal to the public was released.

Staff working directly for MPs will be quizzed about their experiences of bullying and harassment under a fresh inquiry into Westminster’s culture of abuse.

A majority of British voters would back staying in the European Union if the 2016 Brexit referendum were to be held again, a new poll has found.

MPs will face a second inquiry into Parliament's culture of bullying and harassment, ministers have announced.

Theresa May has reacted with fury to a "completely unacceptable" video of a model of Grenfell tower being burned on a bonfire.

Philip Hammond has reignited a funding row after he urged teachers unhappy with a £50,000 Budget cash boost for “little extras” to pass the money on to other schools.

Bosses will not have to carry out fresh checks on EU nationals working in Britain after a no-deal Brexit, a minister has confirmed - less than a week after saying the opposite.

The Ministry of Defence could face a near-£15bn black hole in its budget over the next ten years, a damning report by the Government's own spending watchdog has found.

Dublin has heaped scorn on Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab’s demand for Britain to be able to pull out of a deal on the Irish border after three months.

A majority of voters in every Labour seat back a second referendum on Brexit, according to a new study.

The Metroplitan Police have launched an inquiry into claims of anti-Semitic hate crimes in the Labour Party.

Former home secretary Amber Rudd has warned her successor Sajid Javid that the police have "enough on their hands" without having to deal with a string of new hate crimes.

Benefit overpayments are set to soar over the next two years as HMRC feels the strain of a "daunting" Brexit workload, MPs have warned.

Former Home Secretary Amber Rudd was let down by her aides before her resignation over the Windrush scandal, an official report has concluded.

Police have launched an investigation into pro-Brexit millionaire Arron Banks over cash he pumped into the EU referendum campaign. 

Culture minister Tracey Crouch is reportedly on the brink of resigning after the Chancellor delayed a major clampdown on addictive fixed-odds betting terminals.

Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab has been left red-faced after being forced to backtrack on his claim that a deal with Brussels could be struck in less than three weeks' time.

It will be “almost impossible” for bosses to tell whether European Union citizens working for them have the right to be in the UK under a no-deal Brexit, the immigration minister has admitted.

John McDonnell has come under fire after confirming that Labour will back a Conservative tax cut set to disproportionately benefit the richest households.

Philip Hammond has declared that Britain will go it alone with a major tax clampdown on big technology firms.

The decade-long squeeze on public spending is "finally coming to an end", Philip Hammond has declared, as he turned on the spending taps in his final Budget before Brexit.

As Chancellor Philip Hammond delivers the final Budget before Brexit, here's absolutely everything you need to know today.

Philip Hammond will pump an extra £2bn-a-year into mental health services today as he lifts the lid on the final Budget before Brexit.

Philip Hammond has refused to say whether Theresa May's flagship Brexit plan will improve or worsen the state of the British economy.

Philip Hammond has said he would be forced to ditch Monday's Budget if Britain leaves the European Union without a deal - risking Theresa May's pledge to bring austerity to an end.

Retail tycoon Sir Philip Green has torn into Labour peer Lord Hain for using Parliamentary privilege to reveal claims of sexual and racial harassment against him.

Philip Hammond is facing renewed Tory calls to "do the right thing" and pump billions back into the beleaguered Universal Credit scheme in tomorrow's Budget.

A fresh briefing war has broken out between Number 10 and the Treasury as Philip Hammond prepares to spend billions in tomorrow's Budget to fulfil Theresa May's vow that austerity is "over".

Lord Sugar has called for leading Brexiteers Boris Johnson and Michael Gove to be sent to prison over a controversial claim that voting to leave the EU would boost NHS spending.

Cabinet minister Dominic Raab has risked a fresh row with the EU after claiming French officials could deliberately take a "go-slow approach" to undermine Britain in the event of a no-deal Brexit.