Chris Bryant has had quite the year. Notwithstanding taking part in the Brexit debate, the Labour MP has undergone surgery to remove a cancerous growth from his body. Despite the hurdles, the backbencher remains “chipper” as ever. And after being given the all clear, his thoughts are now turning to his parliamentary future. He talks to Sebastian Whale

The Prime Minister was dealt a difficult hand. But her “Brexit means Brexit” strategy was always going to end in parliamentary gridlock, writes Anushka Asthana 

From collective responsibility to whipping to the role of the Speaker, Parliamentary norms are under intense pressure. An election could offer us a chance to reset, writes Tony Grew

On the centenary of the Amritsar Massacre, Lord Loomba calls on the Prime Minister to  apologise to India for the atrocity – and finally heal an old wound in British-Indian relations

Politicians need courage and ambition to ensure a new generation of Garden Cities are actually built, writes Lord Wolfson

As housing minister in the last Labour government, John Healey set about trying to revive the building industry and tackle homelessness. The South Yorkshire MP is keen to pick up where he left off and, as he tells James Millar, he’d start his next tenure by redefining affordable housing 

Alison Thewliss’s constituency office deals with the highest immigration caseload in Scotland. For the Glasgow Central MP, that often means a complex dance with one of Whitehall’s biggest departments. Thewliss tells Matt Foster why she believes there is “no humanity” at the Home Office

Chris Heaton-Harris today became the seventh Brexit minister to resign and eighth to leave the Department for Exiting the European Union since its creation in July 2016.

While one MP is seeking to put rough sleepers out of his or her sight, the Government appears to also have put them out of mind, writes Neil Coyle

It’s time to wrestle back the power from abusive partners and allow their spouses to secure settled immigration status independently, says Jess Phillips 

The Immigration Bill leaves EU citizens in limbo after Brexit. Promises of future action and soothing words from ministers is not enough - legislative protection must be guaranteed, writes Harriet Harman 

Some of the most vulnerable children in the country are being packed off to ‘out of area’ placements. We must do more to ensure they are not left to fall victim to exploitation, writes Ann Coffey