Ministers must "urgently" bring in a cap on energy bills to fix the "broken" utilities market, an influential group of MPs has said.

Two new insight reports, released today by the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) suggests that consumers could be ready to move to low-carbon heat if industry rethinks the consumer proposition. By utilising the emergence of “connected home” data, energy providers can look towards providing heat and comfort as a packaged service rather than simply the selling of units of fuel.

Millions more families will be plunged into “debt distress” as the Bank of England prepares to hike interest rates, a leading thinktank has warned.

Work on a new system to register EU migrants who come to the UK after March 2019 has "barely begun", according to worried Home Office officials. 

Energy companies could get access to data on welfare claimants in order to offer the poorest households a special cheaper tariff.

The UK’s leading food producers have demanded ministers secure a free trade deal with the EU and allow European migrants to work on British farms after Brexit.

Theresa May will reportedly offer to keep close security links with the EU in order to advance a Brexit deal.

Staff working for MPs in their constituencies have complained to journalists they are concerned new anti-harassment guidelines focus too much on the Westminster village.

Labour's plans for mass renationalisations if they win the next general election are "an economic necessity", according to John McDonnell.

The Government are using councils as “human shields” for spending cuts, John McDonnell will say today.

British taxpayers should not be asked to foot the Bill to set up an alternative to the CJEU unless there are tangible benefits to the quality of justice, a Bar Council Brexit expert has told Peers as he warned against “reinventing the wheel”.

Lord Harris calls for a more pro-active approach in encouraging schools to take the protection of children against terrorist threats more seriously.

Cash-strapped local authorities are set to hike council tax bills for households in England amid funding pressures, according to a survey.

The government has asked the Law Commission to review the laws around offensive communications and assess whether they provide the right protection to victims online.

The former finance director of Carillion has blamed the Brexit vote and last year’s snap election for holding back the now collapsed firm from winning major contracts.

Britain is "likely" to have a new immigration system in place by the time it leaves the European Union, the Home Secretary has said. 

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

What could a social contract based on data for public good look like, asks Lord Holmes.

Justice Secretary David Gauke has indicated he will look at changing the law on fault-based divorce. 

Counselling could be on offer to couples on the verge of splitting up, as part of a policy drive to help boost families.

International students could be excluded from UK immigration numbers, the Prime Minister has suggested.

The government plans to take a ruthless approach to tackle illegal cash and assets, the security minister has said.

Guy Verhofstadt has rejected Theresa May’s plan to end free movement when the UK leaves the EU next year, saying citizens’ rights during the post-Brexit transition period are “not negotiable”.