Labour has lashed out at the Government after it emerged the number of homeless kids has rocketed by 75% since the Conservatives came to power.

Harriet Harman entered Westminster as an outsider on the ‘margin of the margins’. Nearly 36 graft-filled years later, the Mother of the House still finds herself at the epicentre of the women’s movement, respected across the House. Though she insists her frontbench days are over, does she have one more big job in politics left? Sebastian Whale speaks to the Labour grandee, and those who know her, to find out

A senior aide to a Shadow Cabinet member has been criticised after he described Israel as "an apartheid state".

The National Federation of Builders responds to the Chartered Institute for Housing report which shows that 95p of every £1 in Government housing cash goes on benefits, not new homes.

Brian Berry, Chief Executive of the Federation of Master Builders responds to the Chartered Institute for Housing report which shows that 95p of every £1 in Government housing cash goes on benefits, not new homes.

Less than 5% of government housing cash is being used to support housebuilding compared to 82% in the 1970s, new research has revealed.

Labour peer Wilf Stevenson argues the devolved governments must have a greater say in critical decisions relating to repatriated EU powers after Brexit.

Official spending watchdogs have blasted the Government for taking too long to spot a benefits error that cost claimants thousands of pounds.

Dan Jarvis will have to give up his Westminster seat if he becomes the mayor of South Yorkshire, Labour’s ruling body has declared.

New fathers should be given the chance to take three months’ leave on the first year after a child is born, MPs have said.

A Conservative MP today blasted the Government over a deal on fisheries post-Brexit - saying it would be “easier to get someone to drink a pint of sick than try to sell this as a success”.

A government that once trumpeted its strength and stability is delivering neither for our local authorities, writes Mike Amesbury

Ministers are considering extra tax rises on older members of the public to pay for elderly care, it has emerged.

Supporters of Jeremy Corbyn were handed a boost today as they ousted the longest serving Labour mayor in the country.

There is no way to avoid a hard border in Northern Ireland after Brexit under the Government's current proposals for solving the issue, MPs have said.

Nicola Sturgeon has said the stalemate over what happens to powers relating to devolved areas when they return from Brussels after Brexit could be settled in the coming weeks.

Fewer than half of Scots want a fresh independence referendum within the next three years even though most think Brexit will harm the economy, according to a poll.

Government changes to taxes and social security will condemn future generations to poverty, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has warned.

Theresa May will meet Nicola Sturgeon and Carwyn Jones today in a bid to end the impasse with the devolved administrations over Brexit. 

Labour has lost a bid to stop more than one million children missing out on free school meals.

The Government is launching a new £50m fund to support integration and bring together what one minister calls Britain’s “divided” communities.

Despite an increasingly ageing population and an equally-high demand, just over 2,000 bungalows were built in 2017.

Philip Hammond and John McDonnell have clashed in the Commons today in a heated exchange over historic bullying claims.

A charity with a unique formula for keeping veterans off the streets put its system to the test recently with the help of some Army chefs.