A major food bank charity has called on ministers to slash the wait faced by first-time Universal Credit claimants following their busiest year yet.

The Government must urgently address the “grave” and “systemic” breaches of women’s rights flagged up in relation to Northern Ireland's abortion laws, MPs have warned.

The Bishop of Durham writes following his House of Lords question on the impact of the two-child limit on the per-child element of Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit payments on child poverty and child development'.

Nicola Sturgeon has said that a second Scottish independence referendum should be held within two years if the UK has left the European Union by then.

Tom Watson has accused a fellow Labour MP of spreading "misinformation" after he shared a video which wrongly claimed to show Israeli soldiers beating up Palestinian children.

A European election candidate for Change UK has been forced to quit over comments he made in the past about "Romanian pickpockets".

Labour has been hit by a fresh anti-semitism row after an MP shared a video which wrongly claimed to show Israeli soldiers beating up Palestinian children.

Like his political hero, Nye Bevan, Nick Thomas-Symonds hails from the South Wales Valleys. From excelling at school to a successful career as a barrister, his trajectory has always been upwards. Now shadow solicitor general, does the 38-year-old have higher ambitions? He talks to Sebastian Whale 

Theresa May has used her Easter message to highlight the plight of persecuted Christians around the world.

Removing the uncertainty and insecurity caused by short term tenancies and the constant threat of eviction is an important step in creating a modern private rented sector. Nationwide has been calling on Government for some time to introduce indefinite tenancies and we welcome their commitment on this issue.

Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable sets out his party's stall ahead of local election on 2nd May, which will be a crucial test of public opinion. He writes: "My hope is that this year will see greater participation and more fluid voting patterns".

Landlords will be banned from turfing tenants out of private rental properties for no reason under a major housing shake-up announced by Theresa May today.

A Labour MP has argued his comparison between hardcore Brexiteers and Nazis was “not strong enough”.

A Tory MP widely tipped for the leadership of the party has set out a raft of measures to tackle the housing crisis in a veiled rebuke to Theresa May.

Ministers have been accused of treating welfare claimants who gave evidence about Universal Credit "like dirt" and ignoring a string of warnings about the impact of the controversial welfare shake-up on working parents.

The Government has ploughed ahead with massive, often untried reforms, making huge budget savings on the backs of the poorest, without ever stopping to find out if they actually work or can justify their external financial, or human, costs, says Frank Field MP. 

Theresa May was today forced to sack a government advisor after he made a string of controversial remarks about race.

Theresa May is facing fresh calls to sack a government adviser after he made another string of controversial remarks about race.

Labour MPs have demanded party bosses set up an independent complaints process for investigating anti-semitism accusations against members.

Today marks the beginning of the fourth year of the benefit freeze and it's disastrous impact. One of the quickest ways this Government could put money back into people’s pockets would be to lift the freeze immediately and up-rate benefits with inflation, says SNP Work and Pensions spokesperson, Neil Gray.

The Jewish Labour Movement has branded Jeremy Corbyn "unfit to be Prime Minister" over his handling of the party's anti-semitism crisis.

Ministers must take major action to address the long-term inequalities faced by Britain’s Gypsy Roma and Traveller communities, MPs have said in a new report.

Politicians need courage and ambition to ensure a new generation of Garden Cities are actually built, writes Lord Wolfson

As housing minister in the last Labour government, John Healey set about trying to revive the building industry and tackle homelessness. The South Yorkshire MP is keen to pick up where he left off and, as he tells James Millar, he’d start his next tenure by redefining affordable housing