Nicholas Mairs

The peer who used parliamentary privilege to name Sir Philip Green as the businessman at the centre of an alleged harassment cover-up has been branded "arrogant" by an ex-attorney general.

Philip Green has been named in parliament as the businessman who allegedly used gagging orders to suppress reporting of sexual harassment and bullying claims against him.

Sajid Javid has apologised to dozens of migrants who were wrongly forced by the Home Office to take DNA tests to prove they were entitled to settle in UK.

Peers have accused Dominic Raab of “keeping them in the dark” on Brexit progress after his officials allegedly said he would not appear before them until after a deal has been finalised.

Several Tory MPs have have backed a fresh bid to make abortion legal in Northern Ireland, piling pressure on the Government.

The Government will need to spend an extra £31bn by 2022-2023 if Theresa May is to live up to her pledge of ending austerity, a major thinktank has warned.

MPs have criticised the Government for failing to take on board swathes of recommendations made as part of a move to tackle the scourge of fake news.

Jeremy Hunt has branded the Saudi government’s explanation for Jamal Khashoggi's death as not “credible”, as he warned Britain was prepared to step up action against the regime.

Civil servants have reportedly begun contingency planning for a second Brexit referendum amid fears Theresa May is unable to get parliament to back a deal.

Theresa May faces a fight to stay on as Prime Minister this week amid demands from discontented Conservative MPs that she pleads to keep her job.

Ministers have been urged by MPs to ensure there are no new petrol or diesel cars allowed onto the road by 2032.

Ministers have been accused of presiding over a “shambles” after it was revealed they owe more than £1bn in back payments to tens of thousands of claimants who were underpaid.

A Commons vote on Theresa May's Brexit agreement must be a straight 'deal or no deal' choice, Dominic Raab has said.

MPs have rejected a bid by Labour to force the Government to reveal its own assessment of the impact of Universal Credit.

Emily Thornberry has come under fire after she defended John Bercow over calls to quit as Speaker - despite a damning report into bullying in Parliament calling for him to go.

Philip Hammond will need to find an extra £19bn a year in order to meet Theresa May's vow to end austerity, according to a leading thinktank.

Liam Fox may join the UK’s international allies in boycotting a major conference in Saudi Arabia after the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Snubbing Theresa May’s Chequers Brexit plan for a Canada-style trade deal could lead to “disaster” for the environment, green groups have warned Michael Gove.

Esther McVey has admitted that benefit claimants moving on to Universal Credit "will be worse off" than under the old system, despite Theresa May insisting nobody would lose out.

Ministers risk a public backlash like that against the poll tax under Margaret Thatcher if they fail to address concerns over Universal Credit, John Major has said.

Social media firms should pay a levy to help fund treatment for a rise in mental health problems that they are responsible for, the head of the NHS has said.

Businesses could be forced to disclose the ethnic pay gap within its workforce as part of a government plan to tackle earnings disparities between white and ethnic minority employees.

A Labour government will ensure school pupils understand the legacy of the British Empire, colonialism and slavery, Jeremy Corbyn will say.

Theresa May’s newly-appointed suicide prevention minister has been criticised after it was revealed she once joked that she would rather jump off Beachy Head than join Ukip.

Arlene Foster has insisted the DUP will reject any Brexit deal that throws up economic barriers between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.

Water firms should be able to enforce metering by the end of next year to help save some of the three billion litres that is lost through leaks every day, MPs have said.

The Government must provide EU citizens with documents proving their right to live in the UK or risk another Windrush-style scandal, a major group representing landlords has said.

Soaring house prices have led to a drastic fall in the number of young people able to afford the cheapest home in their area, according to a thinktank.

Ministers should do more to ensure apprenticeships are of high quality by allowing regulators to bar firms that are not up to standard, MPs have said.

Former SNP deputy leader Angus Robertson has been commissioned by Plaid Cymru to front a "root and branch review" into the party’s campaign machinery.

Men with few formal qualifications are the most likely group to lose their jobs under a no-deal Brexit and then struggle to find suitable work, according to a major thinktank.

The Conservatives have suspended an activist who appeared in a photo containing offensive references to the oppresion of Jews in Nazi Germany.

The Conservative candidate to be the next London mayor has been criticised over a paper he wrote claiming multiculturalism risked turning Britain into a “crime-riddled cesspool”.

Heterosexual couples will soon be able to enter in to civil partnerships for the first time, Theresa May has announced.

Jeremy Hunt has backtracked on his comparison between the European Union and Soviet Russia following a barrage of criticism.

Free movement from the EU will end and low-skilled migration will be slashed after Britain leaves the EU, Theresa May has declared.