Britain will be leaving the customs union and be free to strike trade deals with countries around the world after Brexit, Downing Street has insisted.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has produced the second in a series of briefings for House of Lords Report Stage of the EU (Withdrawal) Bill. 

The head of the Confederation for British Industry has hit out at Sajid Javid after he insisted Britain must quit the customs union after Brexit.

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable sets out why local elections next week offer an opportunity to send a message to Theresa May on Brexit; why his party has already contacted 300,000 UK based EU Citizens and helped more than 6,000 people register to vote. 

Cabinet ministers are reportedly preparing to confront Theresa May amid the growing prospect of a Government defeat over the UK’s customs arrangements with the EU after Brexit.

Local authorities are reportedly sitting on hundreds of millions of pounds in funds earmarked for affordable housing.

John McDonnell has said Labour would shake up HM Revenue & Customs in the wake of a row over the tax authority’s handling of an investigation into a major Conservative party donor.

The UK risks a "disorderly" Brexit unless a deal can be thrashed out on the future of the Irish border, Michel Barnier has warned.

Pro-Brexit Tory MPs have reportedly warned Theresa May she faces a possible vote of no confidence if she concedes to rebel MPs over a customs union with the EU. 

Agency workers make up a fundamental part of our economy, but they are too often seen – and treated – as expendable. My bill would ensure they are no longer treated as second best, writes Stephanie Peacock 

Ministers remain "confident" that they can reach a deal with the EU to avoid a hard Irish border, despite claims that Brussels has already rejected their proposals as "unworkable".

Jeremy Corbyn has announced a green paper, entitled ‘Housing for the Many’, setting out the Labour Party’s strategy to fix the housing crisis. 

Theresa May has been dealt another blow after the European Union rejected out of hand the Government's proposals for avoiding a hard border in Ireland after Brexit.

More than half of small building firms say that rising material prices are squeezing their margins and the same percentage have had to pass these price increases onto consumers, according to the latest research by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

The Good Friday Agreement is not "cast in stone" and could be amended in the future, according to the Tory chair of the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee.

The average cost of the ‘poverty premium’ in 2017 was £490 per household per year, according to research by Bristol University.  The poverty premium is when low income households pay more for essential goods and services.  Bristol University estimate that low income households pay an additional £55.00 a year to access high cost credit and £9.00 a year to access money.  These are costs that low-income households can’t afford.

Andrew Murrison believes the success of Brexit hinges on the UK-Ireland border. But the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee chair is optimistic a solution will be found – and insists leaving the EU is compatible with upholding the Good Friday Agreement. He talks to Nicholas Mairs

David Cameron has insisted he does not regret calling the referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union that cost him his job as Prime Minister.

Peers have delivered a blow to Theresa May by decisively backing moves to keep Britain in a customs union with the European Union after Brexit.

Ministers will announce a climbdown over part of their flagship Brexit bill in a bid to head off a Lords rebellion, PoliticsHome has learned.

Keir Starmer has hit back at Barry Gardiner for appearing to suggest the Good Friday Agreement is outdated and describing a key plank of Labour's Brexit policy as "b******s".

The Government has hinted at fresh changes to its flagship Brexit bill in a bid to stave off likely defeat in the House of Lords.

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

The marathon UK pay squeeze has finally come to an end after official figures showed wages growing slightly faster than inflation.