Nicholas Mairs

Britain's bus firms could be made to offer live updates on their services under new rules being considered by the Government.

Esther McVey has been accused of making "incorrect" claims about her department's flagship welfare shake-up by the Government's own spending watchdog.

Cuts to council budgets will leave authorities stripped of crucial services to the point that they are unrecognisable, the Conservative leader of the Local Government Association has warned.

Ministers will take action to end conversion therapies which claim to “cure” peoples’ sexuality under new measures to tackle the inequalities faced by LGBT people in Britain.

Theresa May is facing a fresh Tory backlash after it was revealed she is ready to end the Government’s eight-year long fuel duty freeze to help pay a massive rise in NHS spending.

Senior Conservatives have hit back at Jacob Rees-Mogg after he warned Theresa May she faced a rebellion if she failed to deliver on her Brexit promises.

MPs should be more transparent with voters about any jobs they have away from politics, according to parliament’s standards watchdog.

Amnesty International has called on the Home Office to bring an end to “shameful” fees of over £1000 for UK-born children of immigrants to obtain citizenship.

Britain's reputation as a global military power is at "risk of erosion" unless it spends far more on the military,  the US Secretary of Defence has warned Gavin Williamson.

MPs have rounded on the Home Office after it provided “no credible explanation” for twice detaining two children of the Windrush generation.

Theresa May has heralded a British company winning a multi-billion pound contract to build Australian warships as an “enormous boost” to the UK.

Ministers should push for an extension to the Brexit process to avoid Britain crashing out of the EU without a deal, a powerful Commons committee has said.

The British government turned a blind eye to the United States' "inexcusable" treatment of terror detainees in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, a powerful parliamentary committee has concluded.

Labour has called for a "radical overhaul" in the regulation of former senior ministers’ abilities to take up lucrative posts on the back of their experience in Government.

Penny Mordaunt will announce plans to channel a slice of British aid funding into helping Commonwealth veterans who served in the armed forces.

Two Chinese railway firms are reportedly leading the race to operate HS2 trains amid a crisis among British companies who are unwilling to take on the financial gamble.

A senior Northern Ireland police chief has warned that Brexit is being used by dissident IRA groups to recruit new members.

The ex-head of Theresa May’s policy unit has said he does not recognise the Conservatives as the party he once joined as he blasted senior Cabinet ministers over a string of recent outbursts.

A senior Holyrood minister has left the Scottish government to take on an SNP role dedicated to building the case for independence.

Defence minister Guto Bebb has blasted Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson for attacking business leaders issuing warnings about the impact of Brexit.

Senior MPs have called on the Home Office to urgently lower fees faced by those seeking access to asylum, immigration, nationality and customs services.

US Republican politician Paul Ryan has reportedly warned the UK it risks thwarting any trade deal with Washington by failing to ditch EU food and drink protections after Brexit.

Andrea Leadsom has openly criticised Theresa May’s favoured customs relationship with the European Union as ‘unwieldy and impractical’ and with too much red tape for businesses.

Ministers are considering a ban on the sale "harmful" energy drinks to children as part of a drive to slash obesity rates among Britain’s youth.

Greg Clark has warned Theresa May that restricting the access of workers to move freely around Europe after Brexit could be as damaging as a hard trade border.

Former Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern has branded Boris Johnson a "buffoon" whose Brexit demands would ruin Britain and Ireland.

The Government has refused to confirm that EU citizens living in the UK will be granted so-called ‘settled status’ in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

Diane Abbott has written to Sajid Javid urging him to lay bare the full scale of deportations and detentions connected to the Windrush crisis.

Theresa May reportedly sparked “shockwaves” at a Ministry of Defence meeting by calling on Gavin Williamson to justify Britain's role as a “tier one” military power.

Philip Hammond will warn that taxpayers face picking up the bill for the Government’s planned NHS funding boost rather than an increase in borrowing.

Labour has called on parliament’s authorities to formally probe a “racially offensive” tweet sent by Lord Sugar.

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Philip Hammond will reportedly unveil plans to hit the wealthiest the hardest in order to fund Theresa May’s promised £20bn boost over four years for the NHS.

The head of GCHQ has ramped up calls for UK-EU security ties to be defended after Brexit as he revealed British intelligence thwarted four terror plots on the continent last year.

Matt Hancock has said more schools should consider banning students from using mobile phones during the day.

MPs have backed Chris Grayling after Labour forced a vote of confidence in the Transport Secretary over his handling of the recent railways fiasco.