In the Highlands and Islands EU structural funds have been vital. As we get closer to a potential cliff-edge Brexit, the lack of details to allow communities to plan for the future is nothing short of alarming, writes Drew Hendry

A Sikh Labour MP was applauded in the Commons after he demanded that Boris Johnson apologise for controversial comments he made about the appearance of Muslim women.

Boris Johnson’s comments about the burqa led to a “significant spike” in Islamophobic incidents, according to an anti-racism organisation.

Ministers have been urged to tackle the “scandal” of falling happiness among children by making schools measure pupils’ well-being every year.

Donald Tusk has been urged by senior Northern Ireland politicians to continue "defending" the backstop in the face of Boris Johnson’s latest calls for it to be scrapped.

Ministers have been urged to act after a new report found more than one in ten children in England now live in overcrowded conditions.

Jeremy Corbyn has announced a "radical" plan to rejuvenate flagging high streets by seizing empty shops.

The Bar Council repond to new crime statistics. 

Health ministers have drawn up plans to airlift emergency medicines into Britain in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

Almost 50,000 children are now in the care of councils whose services are either “inadequate” or “requiring improvement”. It’s hard not to conclude that we’re not really trying hard enough for looked-after children, writes Social Market Foundation Director James Kirkup

Labour’s split on a second Scottish independence referendum has deepened after the party's deputy leader Tom Watson spoke out against it.

The UK Government’s regressive two-child limit is no longer simply a pernicious policy, it is a failed one, says Alison Thewliss MP. 

John McDonnell has sparked a furious backlash from Labour colleagues after he again insisted the party would not block a second independence referendum.

Ministers have promised to scrap "unfair" pension rules brought in by George Osborne amid warnings they are penalising NHS staff for taking on extra work.

Nicola Sturgeon has hinted she could join forces with Jeremy Corbyn in a "progressive alliance" after a snap election.

Conservative Peer Baroness Stroud writes that Boris Johnson knows the political establishment must to act to restore unity and fairness in the UK. 

Carers are being "bullied" into paying back benefit overpayments despite some being a result of Government errors, MPs have claimed.

Boris Johnson has been branded the DUP’s “gopher” by Sinn Fein as the party warned that a no-deal Brexit could lead to a border poll in Northern Ireland

Almost two-thirds of the parents affected by the Conservatives' two-child welfare cap are in work, official figures have revealed.

Bob Blackman MP writes on Theresa May's support for the Homelessness Reduction Act and his asks for the new administration. 

Parliament may be in recess but politics has certainly not broken up for summer, with the new Prime Minister facing his first electoral test just eight days into the job.

Ruth Davidson has delivered a defiant message to Boris Johnson by saying she “won’t support” a no deal Brexit as Scottish Conservative leader.

Labour's ruling national executive committee has backed a rule change aimed at speeding up the way anti-semitism cases are dealt with.

Labour backbencher John Mann has been appointed by Theresa May as an independent adviser to the Government on tackling anti-semitism.