James Brokenshire has dramatically quit as Northern Ireland Secretary for health reasons.

The Grenfell Tower inquiry has cancelled its contract with a major auditing company after campaigners, including MPs, raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest.

A Sinn Fein MP has been condemned after he was accused of mocking the killing of ten Protestant workmen by the IRA in the 1970s.

Campaigners have hit out after it emerged that MPs accused of sexual harassment may only have to apologise to their victims.

A Conservative council leader who ordered police to crackdown on homelessness in Windsor ahead of the royal wedding should be sacked from a key housing role, Labour has said.

Theresa May has slapped down the leader of Windsor and Maidenhead Council over the local authority’s controversial crackdown on street homelessness ahead of the royal wedding. 

Ukip leader Henry Bolton has told party members his new relationship with a model in her 20s must not distract from their “vital mission”.

Homeless people will be among the main beneficiaries of government plans to spend £330m of cash currently lying dormant in bank accounts. 

A right-wing commentator who landed a plum job with a new universities watchdog was today forced to delete thousands of his tweets after some of his past comments sparked anger.

Boris Johnson has defended Toby Young’s appointment to the board of the new universities regulator, accusing critics of a "ridiculous outcry".

The SNP's deputy leader at Westminster has claimed that voters “don’t give two hoots” about Scottish independence.

Labour has called on Theresa May to sack Toby Young from his new post with the universities regulator over past comments the party said amounted to “homophobia” and “misogyny”.

More than 11,000 houses across the UK have stood empty for the last ten years, whilst the number of people sleeping on the streets has soared, according to new research.

Around 300,000 people are missing out on state benefits by failing to claim the money they are entitled to, a new report has revealed.

TV doctor and peer Lord Robert Winston has backed calls for hospitals to offer free parking for patients and their visitors.

Artificial intelligence will be used to launch a major crackdown on gangs cheating the benefits system, ministers have announced.

A new strategy to help kids with alcoholic parents could be a New Year’s lifeline for thousands experiencing what I and so many others have gone through, says Jon Ashworth MP.

Councils are being forced to divert resources into supporting Universal Credit claimants, Labour has revealed. 

Rogue landlords face being banned from the private rented sector as part of a raft of measures announced by the Government aimed at helping tenants.

Top Tory Nicky Morgan has rebuked Formula 1 star Lewis Hamilton for his controversial remarks about his nephew wearing a dress.

2018 might be the year that the Companies House processes are reviewed to stop someone’s previous gender being outed because of a form they’ve completed in the past says Nicky Morgan MP.

West Midlands Mayor, Andy Street, has said access to the single market and customs union post-Brexit is vital for UK businesses. 

Some 70 Labour councillors have piled pressure on Jeremy Corbyn to promise Brits a rethink on Brexit.