Britain’s most senior police officer has demanded the Home Office shows “greater leadership” in tackling crime. 

Labour’s shadow housing minister has slammed a new government fund to help councils tackle rogue landlords, saying the cash amounts to just 50p per property.

Ireland’s deputy prime minister has urged Britain not to take for granted the chances of a breakthrough in Brexit negotiations in the coming days.

The Government must scrap the freeze on welfare benefits or risk being punished by voters at the next election, senior Conservatives have warned.

Labour has lashed out at “outright discrimination” in the rental property market after a shocking investigation found benefit claimants are banned from 10% of homes advertised online.

Esther McVey recently referenced Mind in a speech about Universal Credit. The mental health charity decided to reaffirm their position on the much-criticised new benefit in this Twitter thread. 

DUP MPs will not shy away from voting down Theresa May’s Brexit deal even if it forces a general election, the party’s chief whip has said.

Labour bosses have launched an investigation into a council candidate accused of "pure and simple" anti-Semitism over social media posts.

We must make sure all our children are returning to school healthy and well-nourished, says Ruth Smeeth MP.

The Child Maintenance Service is not working for parents and especially isn’t working for children who are supposed to be the main beneficiaries of its service, says Marion Fellows MP.

MPs have called on the Government to urgently reform the "pointlessly cruel" regime of sanctions introduced as part of the Universal Credit system.

Today the Government published the Universal Credit (Managed Migration) Regulations 2018.  

Today the Government published the Universal Credit (Managed Migration) Regulations 2018.  

The NFB is not yet convinced that the Labour Party or the Conservative Party understand how homes get built. 

Dominic Raab has urged Theresa May to insist the UK must be able to pull out of any backstop deal on the Irish border after three months, it has been reported.

Allegations of Islamophobia against the Conservative party by a prominent Muslim group are politically motivated, a top Tory claimed today - earning her an angry rebuke from a Labour MP.

A Labour branch meeting rejected a motion condemning the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre because it contained references to anti-Semitism, a senior party official has claimed.

DUP leader Arlene Foster has said a Brexit breakthrough on the Northern Irish border could be ‘close’, following a meeting with Dominic Raab in Belfast today.

We know how to tackle poverty, especially child poverty. But it requires political will and a better informed public debate about its causes and effects, writes Lord Bassam

A row about fish may seem an unlikely hook for journalists to reel in their readers - but furious debate over seafood after Brexit has opened up a whole new angle for newsrooms.

Yesterday the Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered his 2018 Budget claiming the “era of austerity is finally coming to an end”. Today, the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) provides its reaction to the announcements affecting construction and the wider economy.

Philip Hammond delivered a tax windfall to the richest households in Britain in his set-piece Budget yesterday, while the poorest continue to face benefit cuts, a damning report has revealed.

Philip Hammond today caved to pressure from angry Conservatives MPs and ploughed extra money into the under-fire Universal Credit system.

Here are the new measures Philip Hammond just announced in his Autumn Budget.