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

At a briefing for lobby journalists today a spokeperson for Theresa May was asked about the crisis at HMP Birmingham, the rights of EU nationals in the UK after Brexit and the apprenticeships target.

Tory MPs have warned of an 'entryist plot' aimed at influencing the next election for leadership of the Conservative party.

Labour continues to outstrip the Conservatives in a new poll which gives Jeremy Corbyn's party a three-point lead. 

The Jewish Labour Movement has refused to deliver anti-Semitism training at this year’s annual conference in Liverpool, claiming that party leaders tried to “censor’ its programme.

Hundreds of racist and Islamophobic comments have been left on Boris Johnson's Facebook page in the wake of his comments about the burqa.

Philip Hammond is set to unveil new taxes on single-use plastics after a public outcry.

Nigel Farage has vowed to once again return to British politics to fight Theresa May’s Chequers Brexit deal.

Former Labour MP Jim Sheridan has been suspended after a post on his Facebook page said he had lost "respect and empathy" for Jewish people over the party's anti-Semitism row.

As Special Olympics GB (SOGB) marked its 40th anniversary last week, Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) employees joined the celebrations at the Anniversary Games in Stirling, Scotland.

A prominent history buff has resigned from a classics charity in protest at the involvement of Boris Johnson - as she branded the Tory bigwig a "dog-whistling racist and misogynist".

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has warned Labour MPs not to "exploit" the party's battle with anti-Semitism to justify breaking away and forming a new parliamentary group.

Labour MP Margaret Hodge has likened finding out about a party investigation into her confrontation with Jeremy Corbyn to being "a Jew in Germany in the 30s".

Labour MP Chuka Umunna has said he “won’t be bullied” by Len McCluskey after the Unite union chief accused him of exaggerating anti-Semitism in the party to undermine Jeremy Corbyn.

Len McCluskey has hit out at “intransigent” Jewish community leaders, accusing them of “refusing to take ‘yes’ for an answer” as Jeremy Corbyn grapples with anti-Semitism in the Labour party.

Jeremy Corbyn has come under fire from a senior Labour MP after he was pictured with the boss of a proscribed Palestinian group that said a deadly attack on a Jerusalem synagogue was justified.

An under-fire Conservative peer has accused his critics of seeking revenge after he attacked Boris Johnson's remarks about the burqa.

A top Conservative peer has defended his decision to attend a controversial conference allegedly attended by anti-Israel extremists after fury from MPs.

Jeremy Corbyn is planning a major climbdown over whether an internationally accepted definition of anti-Semitism should appear in the Labour code of conduct, it has been reported.

Boris Johnson is under fire after it emerged his trip to Afghanistan to dodge a Commons vote on Heathrow expansion left taxpayers footing a £20,000 bill.

Jeremy Corbyn must heal the "running sore" of anti-Semitism in Labour, Gordon Brown has said, as he urged the party to fully adopt an international definition of anti-Jewish abuse.

More than a million Labour voters who backed Brexit in 2016 have since changed their mind, Gordon Brown has said.

A Conservative MP has called for a senior Muslim peer to be expelled from the party after it emerged he took part in a conference alongside alleged extremists.

Jeremy Corbyn could face a parliamentary probe into claims he failed to declare who paid for the trip to Tunisia which created a wreath-laying storm.