In just two years at Westminster, Angela Rayner has risen from backbench MP to shadow education secretary. So why does she still fear she is ‘punching above’ her weight? She sits down with Jess Phillips to talk class politics, Labour’s future and how the pair ended up ‘on opposite sides of the fence’

After an ‘amicable’ resignation from the Labour frontbench, Clive Lewis is enjoying life on the backbenches. But does he want another crack at the shadow cabinet? He talks to John Ashmore

Former Conservative MP Sir Teddy Taylor has died aged 80.

Sadiq Khan will make a major speech at next week's Labour conference, despite a bid by Jeremy Corbyn's office to keep him off the agenda.

A former top aide to Jeremy Corbyn has launched a bid to become an MP, PoliticsHome can reveal.

Theresa May has suggested Donald Trump's withdrawal from a global climate change deal is as big a threat to the world as North Korea's nuclear ambitions.

A former top aide to Theresa May has accused Philip Hammond of being "on manoeuvres" and claimed the Chancellor's actions risk the UK getting a bad Brexit deal.

Nicola Sturgeon has said she "doesn't know" when there will be a second referendum on Scottish independence.

Norman Lamb has highlighted the “yawning gap” in mental health provision in schools after 9 out of 10 teachers said they lacked adequate training.

Labour MPs have clashed over new rules which are set to hand more power to the left-wing of the party.

A top EU commissioner has accused Boris Johnson of being "completely out of the loop" on Brexit.

A former top adviser to Tony Blair has predicted that Brexit will never happen.

Boris Johnson has backed away from his threat to quit the Cabinet as Theresa May prepares to make a multi-billion cash offer to Brussels, it has emerged.

A top Labour official was criticised after claiming MPs who are disloyal to Jeremy Corbyn "deserve to be attacked".

Radical reforms which hand more power to Labour members and make it easier for left-wingers to be leadership candidates have been approved by party bosses.

Vince Cable has claimed that Brexit will be as big a "disaster" as the Iraq War and the financial crash.

Boris Johnson has denied he is preparing to quit the Government amid reports that he could resign before the weekend.

George Osborne has insisted his comments about wanting the Prime Minister “chopped up in bags" in his freezer were said "in jest".

The NHS will suffer if the Government refuses to lift the 1% cap for public sector workers, a new report has declared.

Leaving the European Union will cost the UK money rather than free up £350 million a week to spend on the NHS, according to a leading thinktank.

Tory grandee Ken Clarke has issued a stinging rebuke to Boris Johnson after his Brexit intervention, saying if Theresa May had a majority he would have been “sacked instantly”.  

A controversial plan to lower the number of MPs and MEPs whose backing is needed to get a candidate on the ballot in a Labour leadership contest is set to be adopted.  

Theresa May has said she wants a “seamless transition” to a trade relationship with Canada after Brexit.

Boris Johnson believes Theresa May's Brexit negotiations will fail and Britain will crash out of the EU without a deal, it has been claimed.