Scotland’s notional deficit fell by £1.3bn last year, official Scottish government statistics have revealed.

Theresa May has hailed a deal to sell red double-decker buses to Mexico as evidence that the UK is a “great, global trading nation”.

Jeremy Corbyn has criticised the Government for backing Donald Trump’s decision to commit the US to “fight and win” the war in Afghanistan. 

A senior Labour MP has accused Twitter of failing to act quickly enough on "vile" racist and sexist abuse by users of the website.

George Osborne has challenged the Government to prove it is “truly committed” to regional regeneration by backing high-speed rail between northern cities. 

Scotland 'holds the keys' to Labour returning to government at Westminster, Jeremy Corbyn has said.

A row has broken out after two Conservative councillors who were suspended over anti-Catholic and racist tweets were re-instated to the party.

Former Ukip leader Paul Nuttall has thrown his weight behind Peter Whittle to succeed him in the job.

Theresa May has held a series of "prosecco and canape" events with Tory MPs at her Chequers residence in a bid to shore up her leadership.

MPs will gather "with heads bowed" today to hear the final Big Ben bongs before the famous bell falls silent for four years.

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

Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith has come in for criticism for sharing a post from his brother on Twitter linking left-wing campaign group Momentum to one of the terrorists in the Barcelona attacks.

The Labour party is “working on the basis that the government could collapse at any time”, Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has said.

Jeremy Corbyn has accused The Sun of “trying to run the Labour party” after the paper reported that Labour mayors Sadiq Khan and Andy Burnham will be “frozen out” of the party’s conference. 

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is set to lay off 800 staff members in Jobcentre closures, union chiefs have said – more than initially expected.

Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable has said his party has “nothing to apologise for” after two of the party’s MPs came under scrutiny over election spending.

Nicola Sturgeon has said she wishes the SNP had a different name to avoid raising “hugely problematic” associations with other nationalist movements across the world. 

Test your knowledge of a week where MPs blasted the “bonkers” Big Ben bong silence; where the "Moggmentum" showed no signs of slowing down; and where ministers gave us an inkling of what they're after from post-Brexit Britain.

David Blunkett has condemned Jeremy Corbyn for sacking Sarah Champion after she said the UK has “a problem” with British-Pakistani men abusing vulnerable white girls.

Supporters of Jeremy Corbyn are set to win a major victory over Labour moderates in a key election, PoliticsHome has learned.

A Ukip leadership candidate has said he would reduce “unnecessary population” in the UK by paying British Indians to leave the country.

A second Liberal Democrat MP is facing questions over her election expenses after being accused of failing to declare thousands of pounds of spending.

Alex Salmond has batted away criticism of a joke he made about having sex with prominent female political figures, saying it was “harmless innuendo”.

Britain will stand with Spain "against the evil of terrorism", Theresa May has declared in the wake of yesterday's deadly attack in Barcelona.