Labour has laid into ministers after it emerged that one in ten people who call HM Revenue and Customs now have to wait longer than ten minutes to speak to staff.

Here is a summary of this morning's briefing for lobby journalists by a spokesman for the Prime Minister.

Released today, lending and savings figures from the BSA for Q1 2018 show that building societies were accountable for 43% of the growth in the mortgage market, and took 40% of cash savings deposits between January and March.

Britain should dispatch its judges around the world to boost the scope of the Foreign Office and reassert the UK as a global power, a senior Tory MP declared today.

Number Ten has warned against “anonymous briefings” around Brexit talks, just days after an unnamed EU official branded Britain’s negotiating terms a “fantasy”.

A fresh Brexit row is brewing over claims that Brussels has deliberately made it harder for British defence firms to bid for work under a flagship new fund.

John McDonnell has called on the Treasury to halt a rumoured sell-off of Royal Bank of Scotland shares amid fears that it could cost the taxpayer billions in losses.

Nicola Sturgeon has called on Theresa May to ditch the Government’s ‘unsustainable’ position of keeping the UK outside a customs union after Brexit in order for negotiations to progress.

Boris Johnson should have a greater say over Brexit as part of a major Whitehall shakeup, the chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee is set to declare.

NOAH is proud to be a signatory to the UK Food Chain Manifesto, drawn up by organisations from the length and breadth of the food chain, representing farmers and their suppliers, through to food manufacturers and retailers.

Labour deputy leader Tom Watson today traded blows with the party's former communications chief over its stance on Brexit, telling Alastair Campbell: "You no longer decide Labour party policy".

Top Tory Jacob Rees-Mogg has leapt to the defence of his elite investment firm after it emerged the company boasts a string of Russian holdings - including those on US sanctions lists.

Senior pro-Brexit Conservatives have raised fears of a plot to keep the UK in the EU after it emerged Whitehall has set aside a pile of cash for European Parliament elections.

Furious Brexiteers have lashed out at suggestions extra cash for the NHS will have to come from tax rises instead of money clawed back from the European Union after Britain's departure.

Stephen Mitcham, Chief Executive of Cambridge Building Society has been elected as the new Chair of the Building Societies Association.  Stephen who has held the post of Deputy Chair since May 2017 takes over from Jonathan Westhoff, Chief Executive of the West Brom.   

Britain will build its own satellite navigation system if it is shut out of the EU's Galileo programme after Brexit, Philip Hammond has declared.

A proposal to end the differential treatment of the tax dividend would be a major blow to the self-employed, according to IPSE, the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed.

The Bank of England is ready to step in to prevent an economic slump if Britain is plunged into a “disorderly Brexit,” Mark Carney has said.

Britain is living in a "fantasy" where it believes it can retain all the benefits of being in the European Union even after it leaves, according to a Brussels official.

Theresa May will “in all likelihood” have to keep Britain in the customs union beyond 2020, a powerful cross-party group of MPs has warned.

Ministers have been urged to "get a grip" after it emerged that the Government's flagship Brexit bill will not return to the Commons for at least another fortnight.

Former Vote Leave director Dominic Cummings has blasted Theresa May’s “botched” Brexit strategy and called on the Tories to remove her as Prime Minister.

The UK has reportedly made clear its ‘strong objection’ to being shut out of the Galileo satellite programme after Brexit, as fresh splits emerge in the EU over the move.

Jeremy Corbyn will today call for the "spirit of the Good Friday Agreement" to be revived to protect peace in Northern Ireland after Brexit and get Stormont back up and running.