Our energy system is changing dramatically and SSE welcomes any move from government which could make energy smarter, fairer, and more competitive for customers. 

A Labour MP has said the party does not need Momentum to win elections after a row broke out about a colleague helping to set up a branch for her seat.

One of the most senior Metropolitan Police officers has hit out at sections of the British Muslim community, saying some people do not want the Government's counter-extremism strategy to work.

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

Ministers have launched a major new review to assess how the cost of energy could be reduced.

EU migrants under 30 could be given special two-year work visas if they want the right to live and work in the UK, under plans being considered in a Government-commissioned review.

Criminals who are caught carrying acid with the intent to inflict life-changing injuries will face the same sentence as those caught carrying a knife, the Director of Public Prosecutions has said.

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), joint publisher of the IET Wiring Regulations BS 7671 which sets the standard for electrical installations in the UK, outlines some of the possible causes of smart meter installation fires.

‘Recycling Lives’ will recycle metal from the nuclear site, offering jobs and training opportunities at a new depot in Workington.

Environment Minister Thérèse Coffey has visited Europe’s largest plastic bottle recycling facility to see how Coca-Cola plans to double the amount of recycled PET (polyethylene terephthalate) used in all its bottles by 2020. 

Top Labour MPs were rejoicing this morning after the party won its first local council seat in Worthing for over 40 years.

Theresa May has been gifted a discount card from high-end shoe shop Russell & Bromley where a pair of boots can sell for £600, official records show.

The Bank of England has downgraded its growth forecast for this year and 2018 and warned of business concerns over Brexit.

The UK’s top universities have fired a warning to Theresa May over EU citizens’ rights, warning that the Government’s position is damaging their institutions.

The Liberal Democrats have branded the Government’s efforts to stem the drug trade an “abject failure” after a record number of people died from substance abuse last year.  

The Government is not treating prisons with the gravity needed to “get a grip” on the problems they face, a Conservative former minister has declared.

The Government has unveiled a new bill to allow the UK to impose sanctions against people and regimes after Brexit. 

Prison bosses have hit out at the Government for failing to address the “toxic” state of the country’s jails. 

An art student was today reported to the police and parliamentary investigators after she posed as an MP offering constituency surgeries.

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has accused British Gas of holding its customers "over a barrel", after they announced plans to hike prices by 12.5%.

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has today launched a new visual identity which unifies all previously separate brands as a visible mark of a united profession.

Amber Rudd will urge internet giants to work more closely with governments to tackle the scourge of online extremism when she meets bosses at Silicon Valley later today.

Labour MP Steve McCabe is nursing facial injuries after a motorcyclist threw a brick at him while he was out in his constituency.