The final bill to renovate Big Ben will hit £61m - double the amount previously thought, parliamentary authorities have said.

MPA Chief Executive, Nigel Jackson, has welcomed the latest plans of the Mayor of London to help ensure that collisions between industry lorries and vulnerable road users such as pedestrians and cyclists are reduced. 

For centuries Britain has been the champion of free trade. My department is working hard to make sure will live up to that legacy after Brexit. 

Jean-Claude Juncker has warned that a "miracle" is needed for trade talks between Britain and the EU to begin next month.

Unite, the UK’s largest union for construction workers, is disappointed but not surprised that the government is once again washing its hands on blacklisting. 

The Bank of England governor has hinted that interest rates could rise as early as November.

EU leaders are reportedly ready to agree to Britain's request for a two year post-Brexit transition period following the concessions Theresa May made last week.

Theresa May will today commit the UK to establishing a "bold, new security partnership with the EU" after Brexit.

Theresa May’s decision to make her key Brexit speech in Florence was mocked last night by Guy Verhofstadt. 

Labour has positive proposals on skills and learning, from career-boosting apprenticeships, to a National Education Service, says Gordon Marsden 

The Brexit vote cost George Osborne’s family business hundreds of thousands of pounds last year, PoliticsHome can reveal.

From influencing the DUP on equalities, to transforming marginalised communities and balancing Brexit for business, Margot James tells Emilio Casalicchio why now is a time of opportunity

A former chair of the BBC Trust who quit after Theresa May said she would have to re-apply for the job has been appointed a minister.

Members of the National Federation of Builders (NFB) have decided to back the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) for another three years.

Home furnishings retailer IKEA today opens the doors of its much-anticipated store on Sheffield Road, Tinsley.

Michel Barnier has warned that it could be "months" before he is able to say that "sufficient progress" has been made in the Brexit talks.

At a UK Finance fringe event, shadow security minister Nick Thomas-Symonds and an expert panel discussed how the public and private sector can work together to protect UK businesses from cyber-attacks.

Disabled people are being “shut out of the jobs market” in huge numbers due to the attitudes and discrimination they can face throughout the recruitment process, according to research published today.

Boris Johnson has urged Theresa May to make sure the post-Brexit transition period with the EU is not "too long" – less than a week after the Prime Minister laid out her proposed timetable.

Our message to the Government is to support this achievable commitment to keeping energy costs in British homes and buildings down and deliver a high quality, sustainable programme.

GMB General Secretary Tim Roache responds to Jeremy Corbyn's Labour conference speech.

Responding to the address today (Wednesday 27 September) to the Labour conference by party leader Jeremy Corbyn, the leader Unite, the UK’s largest union, hailed 'a prime minister in waiting'.

At a Labour fringe event, the shadow digital minister Liam Byrne was joined by shadow treasury minister Peter Dowd and a panel of experts to discuss 'the greatest policy challenge of our time' - legislating for the self-employed.

A Labour frontbencher called on Ofsted to measure how schools promote apprenticeships to their pupils to ensure the career path is given parity of esteem with studying at university.