Andrew Walker QC has become Chair of the Bar, taking over from outgoing Chair, Andrew Langdon QC, to lead the Bar Council, the representative body for barristers in England & Wales. 

Jeremy Corbyn is to appoint a number of new Labour peers - despite previously stating that he would not do so.

Theresa May is reportedly set to resist calls for a reshuffle of her top team and focus on rewarding up and coming MPs with junior ministerial jobs.

Chris Grayling has defended his decision to jet off to Qatar as hard-pressed commuters were hit with eye-watering rail fare hikes. 

A senior Labour MP was left stranded on a broken down train today as he travelled the country campaigning against eye-watering rail fare hikes.

Theresa May is reportedly facing a humiliating climbdown on including international students in official immigration figures.

An ex-Lord Chancellor has called for a change to divorce laws to allow for ‘no-fault’ marriage breakups.

A new strategy to help kids with alcoholic parents could be a New Year’s lifeline for thousands experiencing what I and so many others have gone through, says Jon Ashworth MP.

Tech firms could be hit with tax punishments if they fail to deal with terror content online, a minister has warned.

Ministers have been mocked for planning a “Dad’s Army” of volunteer border guards to police Britain’s shores.

MPs have threatened Facebook and Twitter with sanctions unless they hand over information as part of an inquiry into Russian ‘fake news’. 

The fall in wages will be “bleaker” next year than it was in 2017 as the UK slumps to the bottom of a key global league table, unions have warned.

Federated officers recognised include previous Police Bravery Award winner.

2017 has been an exceptionally busy year for NOAH, with Brexit straddling every NOAH activity.

Brits face being lumbered with an eye-watering £19,000 in unsecured debts per household by the end of the current parliament, John McDonnell has warned.

A prominent Conservative MP today lashed out at left-wingers she accused of “dumbing down panto”.

Firebrand Labour MP Laura Pidcock has said she can be friendly with Conservative MPs “because they are humans”.

Labour has called on the Government to confirm reports that they will drop a manifesto commitment to allow MPs a free vote on reversing the fox-hunting ban.

Home Office staff behind asylum applications are working in a “constant state of crisis” while certain bids are often shelved for profit, two whistleblowers have reportedly claimed.

Universities who fail to protect freedom of speech could be hit with a fine as a result, Jo Johnson will warn today.

Gavin Williamson has intervened to stop an attempt by the Army to scrap its ‘Be the Best’ slogan and crossed swords crest.

The cost of the average family Christmas could rise by as much as £80 because of Brexit-related price rises, a leading pro-European group has claimed. 

The Conservative party has cleared both Stephen Crabb and Chris Pincher of allegations of sexual harassment, after they were referred to party chiefs during the Westminter sex scandal.

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