Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable sets out why local elections next week offer an opportunity to send a message to Theresa May on Brexit; why his party has already contacted 300,000 UK based EU Citizens and helped more than 6,000 people register to vote. 

A former cabinet minister in the coalition government has said Theresa May threw out proposals for a trade deal with India because of the country’s “modest” visa demands.

Nearly half of UK voters believe a new centre-ground party is needed, while just under a quarter of the public are against the idea.

Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones has said that he will be stepping down from the role later this year.

A deselected Conservative council in a key London election battleground has used his farewell speech to urge local people to back Labour. 

The Conservatives have opened up a five-point lead over Labour following the row over Theresa May's decision to authorise military action in Syria.

Theresa May has announced that Britain’s Windrush children will be entitled to compensation over their unfair treatment by the Home Office.

Amber Rudd said officials would have greater “teeth” to boost deportations of illegal migrants just months before the Windrush saga began, it has been reported.

A Tory council candidate in Watford has been suspended over alleged links to far-right groups.

A top Labour MP is urging ministers to stamp special sexual assault protections for emergency workers into UK law in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal.

Prince Charles has been confirmed as the next head of the Commonwealth - despite calls from top Labour figures that he should have been overlooked.

Jeremy Corbyn has thanked Arsene Wenger after the Arsenal manager announced plans to quit following 22 years at the helm.

Labour seem to be on course to paint London red once again, but if the last few years have taught us anything, no election is a foregone conclusion, says Dods Monitoring Consultant, Kerri Blyberg. 

Former Home Secretary Alan Johnson has said the destruction of Windrush landing cards was "an administrative decision" taken while he was Home Secretary in 2009.

Emily Thornberry has denied claims that Russia is preventing independent inspectors from investigating the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack on Syrian civilians.

Labour's new general secretary must make eradicating anti-Semitism from Labour her "number one priority", a leading member of the Shadow Cabinet has declared.

PoliticsHome looks at this week's local by-elections and predicts who's in, who's out, who's lost the plot.

With local elections just weeks away, Labour remain hopeful of a good night at the polls. But amid reports of abuse at CLP meetings and attempts to unseat council leaders, Andrew Gwynne fears the sense of party unity that followed last year’s election success is under strain. The Shadow Communities Secretary tells Kevin Schofield why the party must unite and take the fight to the Conservatives

At a briefing for journalists today a Downing Street spokesman was asked about the Lycamobile scandal, whether immigration rules were akin to Nazi Germany, and Brexit defeats last night in the House of Lords.

Tax chiefs have been criticised after they refused to raid the offices of a firm suspected of laundering huge sums of money seemingly because they donated money to the Conservatives.

David Cameron has insisted he does not regret calling the referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union that cost him his job as Prime Minister.

Plastic straws and cotton buds are set to be banned in England from next year in the latest Government bid to protect marine life.

Far from providing the strength and stability we were promised, all we’ve seen is weakness and failure, says Shadow Cabinet Office Minister Jon Trickett.

Parliamentary watchdogs have launched an investigation into Jeremy Hunt after he admitted to breaching money laundering rules, PoliticsHome can reveal.