Gary Connor looks ahead to this week’s agenda in the Upper Chamber

The Government has announced that £300 million of the Housing Infrastructure Fund will be invested in the West of England, Oxfordshire and Greater Manchester to help unlock housing developments and strengthen infrastructure.

PoliticsHome looks at this week's local by-elections and predicts who's in, who's out, who's lost the plot.

The Russian ambassador to the UK today blasted Boris Johnson for his "unacceptable and totally irresponsible" comparison between Vladimir Putin and Adolf Hitler.

The boss of UK passport manufacturers De La Rue has demanded Theresa May and Amber Rudd explain to workers why the new blue passports will be made by a Franco-Dutch firm.

Council services could suffer decades more austerity under plans to reform local Government funding, a top think tank has said.

A row over controversial Brexit legislation drawn up by Scottish ministers could be dragged into the Supreme Court after members at Holyrood overwhelmingly backed the bill.

Boris Johnson reportedly openly challenged Theresa May over her decision to reduce the use of stop and search powers in a heated Cabinet exchange earlier this week.

The Road Haulage Association is concerned about reports that criminals are ‘gassing’ lorry drivers before stealing goods from their trucks.

The Government must act before it’s too late warns the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) after inspectors state that “cracks” are starting to show in policing in England and Wales.

The failure of our system in properly protecting victims of child trafficking is in many ways a national scandal that must be addressed by Government, says Peter Bone MP. 

The Government must avoid “sleep-walking into a crisis” over security and police cooperation by preparing to extend the post-Brexit transition phase beyond 2020, MPs have warned.

MPs have ordered Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg to face questions in Parliament in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data scandal.

A former Cabinet minister has suggested bosses who abuse online data for political or financial gain should be thrown in jail in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Official information watchdogs have demanded a warrant to search the records of political campaigns firm Cambridge Analytica amid fresh allegations against the company.

Amid reports of judicial bullying of barristers, Andrew Walker QC, Chair of the Bar has issued the following statement.

We have a duty of care to UK citizens, especially our children, to help make sure they can access and use the internet safely, writes Margot James

The entire system of by-elections for hereditary peers is not just indefensible, it is laughable, writes Labour peer Lord Grocott

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg could be hauled in front of a Commons committee to face questions over his company’s data sharing practices.

John McDonnell has broken ranks with the Labour leadership to take a tough new line against Russia by declaring that Vladimir Putin is responsible for the Salisbury nerve agent attack.

Voters face further deep spending cuts or "substantial" tax rises to shore up the public finances, two senior Tories have warned Philip Hammond. 

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

A bid to give child refugees in the UK the right to be reunited with their families has cleared its latest parliamentary hurdle.

Sajid Javid has become at least the fifth MP to report receiving a hate letter which encourages attacks on Muslims in exchange for “rewards”.