British families should take grandparents on holiday with them like their European counterparts do, the minister responsible for tackling loneliness has said.

Sajid Javid has been forced to cut a family holiday short and return to the UK to deal with the escalating crisis of people attempting to cross the Channel and enter Britain illegally.

Theresa May has been accused of desperation after veteran Eurosceptic MP John Redwood was awarded a knighthood just days before MPs are set to vote on her proposed EU Withdrawal Agreement.

Peterborough MP Fiona Onasanya has vowed to stay on and "fight back" against injustices in parliament, despite her recent conviction for perverting the course of justice. 

Outspoken Brexiteer and former Cabinet minister John Redwood is among three MPs who will receive a knighthood in the New Year’s Honours list.

Among the hundreds of newly-released files from the National Archives are accounts of Margaret Thatcher’s distaste for diving in football to John Major’s fury with the US over Gerry Adams’ visa. PoliticsHome looks at some of the top stories.

Jeremy Corbyn failed to tackle Labour’s anti-Semitism crisis because he was so upset by allegations that he was anti-Semitic, Emily Thornberry has reportedly said.

MPs should have their Christmas break cut short so that a key Commons vote on Theresa May’s Brexit deal can be held “as soon as possible”, Jeremy Corbyn has said.

The charge for a carrier bag in England will double to 10p and be rolled out to every shop, under plans to further cut plastic waste announced by Michael Gove.

Labour has renewed calls to end hospital car parking charges after it emerged prices have more than doubled at some English trusts in just one year.

So you've yet to make serious headway on the mulled wine or Baileys today and yet 2018 still seems like a massive blur? Luckily PoliticsHome's on hand to breakdown another rollercoaster of a year in all things political, with our Top 20 most read stories.

Think you're as sad as we are? Think again. Celebrate the festive season the way it was meant to be celebrated: with a rock-hard quiz about the most minute trivia in Westminster politics. Your family will love you.

Theresa May has praised Britain’s troops as the “finest in the world” as she paid tribute to their role in the Salisbury attack and in fighting Islamic State.

Senior allies to Theresa May are reportedly plotting to keep her in place for another two years amid a rumoured surge in support for her Brexit deal.

Andrea Leadsom has told MPs that a no-deal Brexit will become the "default position" if they fail to back Theresa May's deal.

Tributes have poured in for former Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown who died last night aged 77.

George Osborne has said the Conservatives are on course for "a prolongers period of opposition" unless they modernise.

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

A controversial Labour MP has been forced to apologise after giving his support to a musician accused of anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial.

Jeremy Corbyn has accused "most of the media" of failing to cover homelessness as he doubled down on his description of the Conservatives as "stupid".

A senior member of Theresa May's frontbench has said he would find it "very difficult" to stay in the Cabinet if the Government ended up backing a no-deal Brexit.

Boris Johnson has been cleared by a Conservative Party probe into comments he made about women who wear burkas.

A former minister has quit the Labour party and accused Jeremy Corbyn of failing to tackle anti-Semitism among his supporters.

A Labour MP convicted of perverting the course of justice has compared herself to Jesus and Moses.