Ministers have announced a new summer launch date for their controversial plans to implement new age-verification measures on pornography websites in the UK.

Criminals with minor convictions may no longer have to reveal them to potential employers, under plans being considered by Sajid Javid.

Chris Bryant has vowed not to “belittle, diminish or lecture” MPs if he is elected the next Speaker of the Commons, as the battle to replace John Bercow kicks into gear.

Chris Bryant has had quite the year. Notwithstanding taking part in the Brexit debate, the Labour MP has undergone surgery to remove a cancerous growth from his body. Despite the hurdles, the backbencher remains “chipper” as ever. And after being given the all clear, his thoughts are now turning to his parliamentary future. He talks to Sebastian Whale

Ministers must do more to stop young people feeling "worthless" in a bid to tackle the "national emergency" of rising violent crime, Sajid Javid will say today.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to Sweden to face longstanding sexual assault allegations, Labour frontbencher Emily Thornberry has said.

A Labour government could introduce automatic voter registration as a way of boosting turnout at elections, the party has said.

Civil servants have been told to shelve preparations for a no-deal Brexit with "immediate effect" after departments spent more than £4bn preparing for a cliff-edge departure from the EU.

Diane Abbott has been criticised after defending Julian Assange following his removal from the Ecuadorian embassy and arrest.

Responding to Ofgem’s announcement regarding new tests for suppliers entering the energy market, Stephen Forbes, Chief Commercial Officer and Co-Head of SSE Energy Services, said:

Paul Farmer, Chief Executive of mental health charity Mind, said MPs and their staff are working in a “uniquely pressurised environment” and are not immune to developing mental health problems.

The Home Office has been forced to report itself to data watchdogs after it accidentally shared the emails of hundreds of EU citizens applying to stay in the UK after Brexit.

Former Liberal Democrat Cabinet minister Alistair Carmichael writes following his Urgent Question on the guilty verdict handed to pro- democracy activists in Hong Kong. 

The growing intention to legislate against online child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA) is not enough to stem the rising threat, according to a new report from PA Consulting, the global innovation and transformation consultancy.

Labour MP David Hanson writes ahead of his debate on prevention of retail crime.

A cross-party group of MPs have urged ministers to introduce a new watchdog to crack down on debt enforcement firms.

Foreign nationals who have lived in the UK for years are being driven to despair by a government scheme aimed at guaranteeing their rights after Brexit.

Labour's Thangam Debbonaire MP writes ahead of her Westminster Hall debate on LGBT rights in Brunei.

Regulating the internet is a notoriously difficult challenge, but the Online Harms White Paper presents an opportunity for industry and users to shape the future of technology regulation.

The law clearly needs to change, to flip the presumption that anyone who has fathered a child through rape should be able to apply for access regardless of the risk they present to that child, to make an application possible only in the most exceptional of circumstances, says Louise Haigh MP. 

The Police Federation of England and Wales has announced it will no longer be holding its annual Police Bravery Awards at The Dorchester Hotel.

A cross-party group of nearly 100 MPs have called on Sajid Javid to do more to protect mosques from attacks ahead of Islam’s holy month of Ramadan.

Couples will no longer have to prove their partner was at fault before ending their marriage, under a new shake-up of Britain's "outdated" divorce laws unveiled by ministers.

The Conservatives have been forced into an embarrassing U-turn after a top party official said the UK will take part in next month's European Parliament elections.