A spokesman for Theresa May today insisted France was behind Britain in expelling Russian diplomats after the French government suggested more evidence was required.

Theresa May will meet members of the public and emergency services in Salisbury today, nearly two weeks after the nerve gas attack in the city which left a Russian ex-spy and his daughter in hospital.

Alex Salmond has urged broadcast watchdogs not to shut down Russia Today in the wake of the nerve agent attack on former double agent Sergei Skripal.

Nia Griffith has said Labour agrees with Theresa May that Russia was behind the attempted murder of former double agent Sergei Skripal – just a day after Jeremy Corbyn refused to do so.

Emily Thornberry has said Russia must "face the consequences" for the nerve agent attack on a former double agent - in a clear challenge to Jeremy Corbyn.

Prominent Labour MPs have distanced themselves from Jeremy Corbyn by publicly backing the Prime Minister's response to the nerve agent attack on a former spy.

The failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq shows government claims that Russia was behind the Salisbury nerve agent attack may be wrong, Jeremy Corbyn's spokesman has declared.

Jeremy Corbyn faced the wrath of MPs from across the House today after he again failed to unequivocally condemn Moscow over the Salisbury nerve agent attack.

Theresa May has given 23 Russian diplomats suspected of being spies one week to leave Britain in the wake of the nerve agent attack in Salisbury.

Read all the latest from Prime Minister's Questions and Theresa May's statement on the Sergei Skripal case on our up-to-the-minute liveblog.

Theresa May has led tributes to the “brilliant and extraordinary” Stephen Hawking after the renowned scientist died aged 76.

Former SNP leader Alex Salmond has come under pressure to quit his Russia Today chat show as tensions mount between London and Moscow.

A senior Unite official and ally of Jeremy Corbyn is set to become Labour's new general secretary.

Donald Trump has told Theresa May that America will be "with the UK all the way" as she decides how to respond to the poisoning of a Russian former spy on British soil.

Jeremy Corbyn has condemned the sending of “hate-filled” letters and packages to four Muslim Labour MPs as “disgusting”.

Labour has lost a bid to stop more than one million children missing out on free school meals.

A senior Labour official dubbed "the brains of the party" has dramatically quit her job.

Philip Hammond and John McDonnell have clashed in the Commons today in a heated exchange over historic bullying claims.

Philip Hammond today told Britain “the best days are ahead of us” as he pledged a funding boost for public services later in the year.

A charity with a unique formula for keeping veterans off the streets put its system to the test recently with the help of some Army chefs. 

Russia has mocked Theresa May after she claimed Moscow was "highly likely" to be behind the nerve agent attack on a former spy.

Labour has torn into the Government after its website offering a flagship ‘millennial railcard’ crashed on its first day of nationwide sales.

Jeremy Corbyn was "strangely like" US president Donald Trump in his comments on Russia in the wake of the Salisbury nerve agent attack, David Miliband has said.

The head of the CBI has launched a blistering attack on Labour's plans to nationalise swathes of British industry, saying they would inflict as much damage to the economy as a hard Brexit.