Dominic Raab's new aide said freedom of movement should continue after Brexit and blasted her new boss's claim that immigration pushes up house prices, PoliticsHome can reveal.

John McDonnell called for a new Anti-Nazi League group to be formed to take on the rise of the far-right.

Labour has been plunged into a fresh row after lawyers for one of their MPs hit out at a disciplinary probe launched into his behaviour.

A Foreign Office minister has criticised Boris Johnson's "offensive" claim that women wearing burqas look like letter boxes and bank robbers.

A fresh row has erupted over claims by Labour that Margaret Hodge "expressed regret" for calling Jeremy Corbyn "an anti-Semitic racist".

A senior Conservative has accused Boris Johnson of "bigotry" after he said women wearing burqas look like letter boxes and bank robbers.

The Government must build more houses in the countryside or risk ushering Jeremy Corbyn into Downing Street, a top Tory minister has said.

Labour has dropped its disciplinary action against Margaret Hodge for calling Jeremy Corbyn "an anti-Semitic racist".

Two influential Muslim groups have accused Boris Johnson of "pandering" to the far-right after he said women wearing burqas look like letter boxes and bank robbers.

A senior Labour member was today suspended after he accused Tom Watson of being “bought” by Jewish donors and compared him to biblical backstabber Judas Iscariot.

The imam who stopped a right-wing extremist from being beaten up after he drove a van into Muslim worshippers has hit out at the Government’s record on tackling Islamophobia.

Nigel Farage has dismissed reports that he is considering running for Parliament for the eight time, branding the speculation “fake news”.

Boris Johnson has been branded a "pound shop Donald Trump" after he said Muslim women who wear burkas looked like bank robbers and letter boxes.

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

Labour party probes into MPs Margaret Hodge and Ian Austin should be "quietly dropped", according to one of Jeremy Corbyn's frontbench team.

Tom Watson has hit back after receiving a deluge of abuse on social media for speaking out against Labour’s anti-Semitism problem.

Jeremy Corbyn has today apologised to Jewish people over the “hurt that’s been caused” by anti-Semitism in the Labour party and said it is his responsibility to root it out.

Nigel Farage is said to be considering running for Parliament for the eight time.

David Cameron reportedly considers his former ally Michael Gove to be a “lunatic” and blames him for the loss of his career after the Brexit referendum defeat.

Tom Watson has called for Labour to drop its disciplinary action against Margaret Hodge and Ian Austin - as he warned the party will "disappear into a vortex of eternal shame and embarrassment" if it does not tackle its anti-Semitism crisis.

Labour frontbenchers have thrown their weight behind shadow equalities minister Carolyn Harris, after she came under fire for allegedly using a homophobic slur.

On reflection, it may have been better if he hadn't bothered.

Jeremy Corbyn has told anti-Semites in the Labour party they are not acting in his name and he will kick them out.

A Labour councillor has quit the party over an anti-Semitic post on social media claiming Jews drink blood and sexually abuse children.