Paddy Ashdown has accused Theresa May of betraying the traditions of the Conservative party by entering into a “discreditable and demeaning” deal with the DUP. 

Attacks on the DUP following their pact with the Conservatives would not have been made against Muslims, one of the party's top MPs has claimed.

Labour MP John Mann says a voluntary approach has failed and internet firms need to be "hit where it hurts" to convince them to take action against extremist material online.

Sajid Javid has announced an Independent Recovery Taskforce to help Kensington and Chelsea council deal with the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower disaster.

Sinn Fein has blamed Theresa May's decision to strike a pact with the DUP for the failure to get power-sharing back up and running at Stormont.

A Labour frontbencher has called for the retired judge appointed to lead the Grenfell Tower inquiry to quit.

Ministers have announced they are ditching the Conservatives' election policy of scrapping free school meals for primary school pupils.

There will be no vote on repealing fox hunting before 2019 at the earliest, the Government has revealed.  

The retired judge appointed to lead the Grenfell Tower inquiry should be removed from his position because he lacks "empathy" with victims, according to the local Labour MP. 

Council leaders have piled more pressure on Philip Hammond as they demanded to be front of the queue for any extra public spending. 

Theresa May has been urged to get directly involved in talks to re-start power-sharing at Stormont talks after the latest deadline passed without a deal.

If Northern Ireland is to make the most of its talent pool, a quality apprenticeship system is paramount, writes David Simpson

The Government are failing to live up to their pledge to protect England’s countryside from excessive house-building, while those that are being built are unaffordable, campaigners have warned.

There is ‘little prospect’ of a deal being reached between Northern Ireland’s main parties to form a new power-sharing executive by the current deadline, Gerry Adams has said.

The Government’s “extreme” plan for Brexit could cause a shortage of strawberries at Wimbledon, Vince Cable has warned. 

A prominent Labour MP has hit out at the appointment of an "upper middle-class, white man" without experience of life in a tower block estate to lead the Grenfell Tower inquiry.

The Conservatives paid for DUP leader Arlene Foster to fly back to Northern Ireland on an RAF jet after she agreed a deal to prop up the minority Tory government, it has emerged. 

Theresa May has held talks with DUP leader Arlene Foster and Sinn Fein’s Michelle O'Neill as the UK Government steps up the pressure for a deal on a Northern Irish power-sharing executive. 

The SNP’s new leader in Westminster, Ian Blackford, says his first job is to scrutinise Brexit plans and oppose Tory austerity. But, he tells James Millar, his party is not giving up on the ultimate goal of independence

Theresa May has criticised the Tory leader of Kensington and Chelsea Council after he closed down a meeting on the Grenfell Tower fire when a judge ruled that journalists must be allowed to attend.

James Graham’s latest outing – on the birth of the Sun newspaper and the rise of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire – is guaranteed to win headlines, writes John Ashmore

Holyrood ministers are to lift the 1% cap pay rises for Scottish public sector workers - as the UK government continues to hold out against a change.

Ministers have given the DUP and Sinn Féin more time to reach a deal on power-sharing at Stormont after they failed to meet the deadline of 4pm today.

A top Labour frontbencher has hit out after it emerged a local council meeting about the Grenfell Tower tragedy will exclude both victims and journalists.