Labour members should have a say on the party's leadership candidates rather than it being left to just MPs, Len McCluskey has said.

Tory grandee Ken Clarke has said it is "silly" to suggest Jacob Rees-Mogg could become prime minister. 

Tony Blair has claimed that an "unreconstructed leftist" Labour government after Brexit would be a disaster.

David Davis ‘pushed’ Theresa May into holding June’s early election despite her expressing concern over how the public would react, according to a new book.

Theresa May is reportedly weighing up a cut to student loan interest in a bit to win over younger voters to the Conservatives.

A Labour peer and former Cabinet minister has called for Jeremy Corbyn to be replaced as the party's leader.

English charities receive half the amount of cash per head their Scottish counterparts do, according to a report by the Big Lottery Fund.

The Prime Minister is “no Thatcher” as she is “very indecisive” and screwed up an election the Conservative party “should have walked”, according to a top Tory donor.

More than twice as many UK adults think young people will have a worse, rather than a better, standard of living than their parents, according to a poll.

Parliament's all up and running again as MPs took their Commons seats following a lengthy break. But how much do you remember from week one of the new term?

Theresa May will not discipline members of the Government accused of backing a letter calling on her to implement a hard Brexit.

Theresa May today took on claims made about her general election performance, declaring "I am not in the least robotic".

Ministers have been accused of a fresh power grab over the number of ministerial aides who have won seats on Commons committees.

A former Cabinet minister has suggested that members of the Government who backed a letter calling for a hard Brexit could face the sack. 

A former top aide to Jeremy Corbyn has joined Richard Leonard's campaign to be the new leader of Scottish Labour.

Remain-backing Tory MPs have urged Theresa May to remove a minister and a Treasury aide over their support for a letter advocating a so-called 'hard Brexit'.

The Conservatives lost six council seats last night as Labour made major gains in elections across the country.

Theresa May has launched a bitter attack on the Venezuelan government and accused controversial president Nicolas Maduro of trying to take the country "further away from democracy".

Dozens of Tory MPs have launched a campaign urging Theresa May not to keep Britain in the EU "by stealth" during a post-Brexit transition period.

One in eight workers in the UK are skipping meals while one in six go without heating to make ends meet, a new poll has found.

Some of Britain's biggest companies have reacted angrily after being asked by Downing Street to sign a letter backing the Government's Brexit strategy.

Football clubs should be banned from having their shirts sponsored by gambling firms, Labour has said.

Theresa May suppressed up to nine reports into immigration when she was Home Secretary because the findings were “inconvenient” to the Government, it was claimed today.

A pro-Jeremy Corbyn Labour MP who sparked fury by calling Conservatives "the enemy" has said she will work with Tory MPs if it will help her constituents.