Theresa May has already suffered one major speech background failure in her tenure as PM. Today she tried to better it.

The best way to speed up housing delivery is to get more small builders back into the market and focus more attention on the potential of smaller sites, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

Cycling star Sir Bradley Wiggins and Team Sky “crossed an ethical line” by using performance-enhancing drugs, a damning report by MPs has said.

Labour MP Stephen Kinnock says the US plan to slap huge tariffs on steel and aluminium imports cannot be dismissed as "yet another example of Trumpian bluster".

Senior figures from Sinn Féin and the DUP are to hold separate talks with Michel Barnier this week as the issue of keeping an open border in Ireland after Brexit rumbles on.

Theresa May will today urge developers to "do their duty to Britain" as part of government efforts to increase housing supply.

A top Labour MP has accused ministers of ditching plans to reduce the number of benefit sanctions.

Councils could be stripped of their planning powers if they fail to build enough homes, Sajid Javid has warned.

Housing developers are using a legal loophole to dodge building affordable homes across the countryside, according to data analysed together for the first time by Shelter and the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE). 

John McDonnell has defended his decision to hang a plaque commemorating Irish republican "martyrs" in his constituency office.

A senior Sinn Féin MP has said the party will not take up its Westminster seats despite calls for them to take part in crucial Commons votes on Brexit.

A century after the first women gained the right to vote, we asked some of the current crop of leading politicians to tell us about the female parliamentarian they most admire from the last 100 years

Willoughby Dickinson was the only MP with a perfect voting record on women’s suffrage. Baroness Anne Jenkin writes about her great grandfather’s legacy – and why there is still much to be done to achieve equal representation

Nicola Sturgeon has said she is “shocked and saddened” after a survey found one-fifth of Scottish parliament staff had experienced sexual harassment or sexist behaviour.

Ruth Davidson has condemned Boris Johnson’s ‘casual disregard’ over the fractious Irish border issue after he equated it to boundaries between London boroughs.

New rules that will allow councils to keep more revenue from business rates could cause a widening funding gap between different areas, a leading thinktank has claimed.  

Barrister and Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC) member, Zimran Samuel of Doughty Street Chambers, guest blogs on the strides made by the BHRC in addressing and protecting against the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). 

The National Federation of Builders (NFB) welcomes the approach taken by the Government in better assisting coastal communities. However, the NFB would encourage a review into whether there are any specific barriers stifling project deliverability, expressly if they relate to land use.

Former minister David Jones has accused Brussels of trying to annex Northern Ireland through its latest Brexit offer.

Philip Hammond has been criticised after he spoke about a summer night he spent on a beach during a Cabinet discussion on homelessness.

The row over post-Brexit customs arrangements on the island of Ireland has reignited after leaked plans look set to divide the UK.

Nationalists must not use Brexit as an excuse to split the UK apart, a top Cabinet minister warned today.

The average council tax bill is expected to increase by £107 this year, according to new research by the Local Government Association.

Ken Livingstone is not facing an imminent return to the Labour party, sources have revealed.