Immigrants who want to become British citizens will be made to sit a new "values" test under plans announced by Sajid Javid.

The new skills-based system will create an additional barrier to building. The NFB would like the Government to consider an exemption for those in the construction industry, or an extended transition period. 

The Conservative MP said that improving the efficiencies of homes, businesses and local buildings was one of the best ways to tackle climate change, and urged the government to invest more in new energy efficient technologies.

Free movement from the EU will end and low-skilled migration will be slashed after Britain leaves the EU, Theresa May has declared.

Sajid Javid will today announce plans for a “landmark review” of drug use across Britain as part of a wider effort to crackdown on violent crime.

People found guilty of abusing animals could now face five years behind bars instead of just six months, Michael Gove has announced.

Dods People draws together a list of this week's appointments in Westminster politics, all the devolved administrations and the public affairs sector.

Bar and other leaders from across the world have once more arrived in force in London for what is the final Opening of the Legal Year (OLY) before the UK leaves the European Union. 

We need more women MPs if the House of Commons is to be fully representative of the nation it seeks to serve, writes Maria Miller

Advances in AI could help empower the financially excluded, but new technologies need to be better regulated, shadow industrial strategy minister Chi Onwurah has said.

We asked five Labour backbenchers to make the case for a policy they would like to see in the party’s next programme for government. Danielle Rowley says the government’s approach to the challenges of social media, citizen journalism and fake news is incoherent – and it is up to Labour once again to step up to the mark.

Britain's immigration system will stop giving preferential access to European Union citizens after Brexit, ministers have agreed.

Cuts and privatisation are driving the justice crisis. Labour stands ready to undo the damage and restore order, writes shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon

The Conservatives’ plans to redraw the political map of UK constituencies is yet another example of an undemocratic power grab by this government, writes Cat Smith

Labour will abandon the government’s ‘hostile environment’ strategy and implement a fair and managed migration system, writes Afzal Khan

The recurring theme of Tory Home Office policy is that ordinary people don’t matter. A Labour government will ensure everyone is treated with dignity and respect, writes Diane Abbott

Shadow home secretary, Diane Abbott, looks at a new report from the Fire Brigades Union on Grenfell and what needs to be learned from the background of an atrocity.

Britain's post-Brexit immigration system should not give preferential treatment to European citizens, according to a major report.

Jeremy Corbyn’s private secretary has been granted a security pass to the House of Commons after it was revealed that she had been working without out one for nine months.

Ministers are mulling a pensions-style opt-out system to tackle Britain's social care funding crisis, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has revealed.

Dods People draws together a list of this week's appointments in Westminster politics, all the devolved administrations and the public affairs sector.

SSE plc (SSE) and innogy SE (innogy) have appointed Dr Martin Read CBE as Chairman Designate for the new independent British energy supply and services company they have agreed to form, subject to final regulatory approval. His appointment follows a comprehensive selection process facilitated by a leading executive search company.

As the UK government is urged by a cross party group of MPs to introduce new carbon reduction targets that will deliver net zero emissions by 2050, ETI chief engineer, Andrew Haslett discusses why it is important that the UK focuses on a balanced and blended approach to the low carbon technologies across the whole energy system to deliver a sustainable UK future.

Former Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron MP reflects on recent reports that over a dozen asylum seekers have been waiting for more than twenty years for a Home Office decision, during which they couldn’t work, earn or plan for the future.