Barry Gardiner has launched an outspoken attack on Labour's "appalling" decision to allow Derek Hatton back into the party.

Former Tory MP Anna Soubry today heaped praise on the austerity imposed on the country under David Cameron as she teamed up with ex-Labour MPs in a new Commons grouping.

Jeremy Corbyn's office has dismissed the new Independent Group of former Labour and Tory MPs as an “establishment coalition” based on an approach that voters have already rejected.

Three Conservative MPs have stunned Westminster by quitting the party as they took aim at Theresa May's handling of Brexit and accused the Tories of a "shift to the right".

Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn went going head-to-head after both Conservative and Labour MPs quit their parties to join the new Independent Group. Here's how it unfolded on our liveblog.

Three Conservative MPs have left the party to join the seven ex-Labour members in the Independent Group. PoliticsHome has the full resignation statement from Heidi Allen, Anna Soubry and Sarah Wollaston, and Theresa May's response.

Labour would give voters the power to force a by-election on their MP if they switch party - after an eighth prominent figure joined a damaging splinter group.

Home Secretary Sajid Javid has stripped Islamic State schoolgirl Shamima Begum of her UK citizenship - prompting claims he has put his "leadership ambitions" above international law.

Theresa May has headed off a fresh revolt by eurosceptic Tories after assuring them their preferred way of breaking the Brexit impasse has not been killed off.

Joan Ryan has become the latest MP to quit Labour - blaming Jeremy Corbyn's "dereliction of duty" on anti-semitism. Read the full statement here.

Joan Ryan has become the eighth Labour MP to quit to join the new Independent Group, blaming Jeremy Corbyn for "a culture of anti-semitism" in the party.

Labour deputy leader Tom Watson is no longer being invited to attend the committee set up to decide the party's Brexit policy.

Scores of live music venues face closure unless ministers step in to slash their soaring tax bills, Labour has warned.

A Labour MP has apologised after claiming that a new Independent Group of MPs could be receiving funding from Israel.

Labour bosses have been accused of trying to stitch up the process to replace seven MPs who quit the party yesterday.

John McDonnell has backed Tom Watson and said the Labour leadership should do more to tackle anti-semitism in a bid to prevent more MPs quitting the party.

More Labour MPs are thinking of quitting the party in the wake of the breakaway by seven backbenchers, Jeremy Corbyn has been warned.

Derek Hatton has been readmitted to Labour more than three decades after being booted out for being a member of the far-left Militant faction.

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

When it eventually came, Tom Watson's assessment of Labour's travails was measured but no less devastating as a result.

Angela Smith has been forced to apologise after she used a racist slur just hours after she quit Labour to join a new bloc of independent MPs.

After weeks of speculation, seven Labour MPs dramatically quit the party today in protest at the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn. Their journey to the exit door was a slow crawl peppered by numerous flash-points.

Tom Watson has launched an outspoken attack on "hard left" Labour members after seven MPs quit the party to sit as independents.

Chuka Umunna has urged MPs from across the Commons to split with their parties and join the new movement he launched today with fellow ex-Labour figures.