Labour has criticised ministers for failing to heed calls to retrofit sprinklers on high-rise council blocks, ten years after a London flat blaze killed six people.

A heavily-pregnant Labour MP is facing the threat of deselection after she put her name to a statement criticising the decision to re-admit Chris Williamson to the party.

Theresa May has defended compulsory LGBT lessons for primary school children despite protests by some parents.

Labour has accused ministers of "neglect" as a new survey revealed that one in three councils fear they will not have the cash to provide basic services within five years.

Boris Johnson has pledged to undo billions of pounds of Government cuts to schools funding if he becomes the next Prime Minister.

Chris Williamson has lost the Labour whip again - just 48 hours after he was controversially allowed back into the party.

The CIOB – the Chartered Institute of Building – is today launching a new report at a parliamentary reception in Edinburgh, entitled “The Value of Construction in Scotland”. 

The prime minister must take responsibility for the “tiny homes” that she facilitated by ignoring industry and campaigner advice for better housing standards and more appropriate policy.

A tearful Labour MP has hit out at the parents protesting against LGBT education, defiantly telling them “we aren't going to get back in the closet”.

New fathers should not be barred from claiming paternity leave even if they are from “high earning” jobs, says CMI.

We need more effective mechanisms to compel contractor CarillionAmey to improve, says Suella Braverman

Net Zero must be a legacy for the next Prime Minister, to ensure that the UK delivers on the promise made my Theresa May last week on reducing carbon emissions by 2050 according to the Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association.

Pregnant Labour MP Stella Creasy has said the lack of maternity support for those in Parliament is forcing her to "choose between being an MP and being a mum".

It is time to stop playing the generation game and instead develop a long-term holistic approach to tackling problems, writes Lord Bird

Fourteen million UK citizens now live in poverty. The government must urgently re-establish a welfare system worthy of the fifth largest economy in the world, argues Baroness Janke

Too many remote gambling licences have been granted without proper scrutiny. Companies should have to reapply for the privilege of operating in the British market, says Tom Watson

We must close the extracurricular loophole and protect 16 and 17-year-olds from sexual exploitation, writes Sarah Champion

Ministers have been accused of presiding over "fundamental" flaws in a key housing scheme, as the public spending watchdog found that many of those who benefited from Help to Buy could have bought a home without it.

Labour's Tom Watson has slammed the Government after the BBC announced that it was ending the free TV licence scheme for millions of over-75s.

Bedtime stories improve children’s educational attainment, and it has even more impact when Dad reads it, write David Lammy and Steve Double

Labour has called on ministers to take over any private blocks which still have Grenfell-style cladding on them by the end of this year.

What further horror must people endure before the UK government decides ‘enough is enough’, asks Alison Thewliss MP.

A prominent Labour MP will today urge the Government to crack down on “aggressive activists” who protest against LGBT relationship education at school gates.

Labour is facing calls to suspend its new MP for Peterborough amid a row over anti-semitism - just hours after she was elected.