Sebastian Whale

"There is a vacuum of political leadership seeking to draw people together."

Boris Johnson has not met the family or constituency MP of a British-Iranian woman currently serving a five-year sentence in a notorious Iranian prison on charges of spying against the state.

Tulip Siddiq will today raise the case of her constituent, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, during a Westminster Hall debate on British prisoners in Iran. She talks to PoliticsHome about what she hopes to achieve.

The Scottish Conservatives are enjoying a revival and John Lamont is helping to lead the charge. The new MP talks to Sebastian Whale about short odds, long commutes and the ‘potential’ of Ruth Davidson 

The Foreign Affairs Select Committee will not be short of issues to investigate in the coming parliament. The three Tory candidates for the post set out their stall below.

Four Labour candidates are vying for the top job of BEIS Select Committee chair in the new Parliament. Read why they think they're best placed to succeed Iain Wright below.

The race to succeed Andrew Tyrie as chair of the Treasury Select Committee is hotly contested. Below the candidates make their case for taking on one of the most powerful roles in Parliament.

A senior Tory MP has warned that patient safety could be compromised in the NHS by keeping in place a pay cap on public sector workers.

Cross-party action is needed to ease the pain of funding health services – and it’s time to take ideas from everyone’s manifesto, says Sarah Wollaston. The Conservative MP talks to Sebastian Whale about her bid to be re-appointed as Health Select Committee chair 

On 8 June Labour’s Preet Gill became the first woman Sikh MP. She talks to Sebastian Whale about making history, her hero bus-driver father and defying expectations

At 27, Ben Bradley is one of the youngest faces in the new intake. But Mansfield’s first-ever Conservative MP will not be wasting any time "sitting quietly at the back", as Sebastian Whale discovers.

Boris Johnson has accused the Labour party of “outrageous politicking” over the Grenfell tower fire that has left 30 people dead with many more fatalities feared.

Theresa May has announced a public inquiry into the tragedy at Grenfell Tower as the death toll from the inferno today rose to 17 with more fatalities expected.

Labour MP David Lammy has branded the London tower block blaze an act of “corporate manslaughter”. 

John McDonnell has called on 1m people to “get out on the streets” in order to build pressure on Theresa May to call another election.

Cabinet ministers have reportedly urged Theresa May to shake up her Brexit negotiating strategy by ensuring she prioritises jobs over more stringent controls on immigration.

A Labour frontbencher has claimed Britain would have to accept “some element” of free movement in order to retain “impediment-free” access to the single market after Brexit.

David Cameron has called on Theresa May to work with other parties in forming Britain’s plan for Brexit in the wake of last week’s election result.

Diane Abbott has spoken of how her type 2 diabetes went “out of control” during the election campaign and forced her to take a break from frontline politics.

John Bercow has warned that Westminster is destined for “testing times” ahead as he was re-elected Speaker of the House of Commons.

George Osborne has urged Theresa May not to scrap his austerity agenda as senior Tories called for a rethink on public spending in the wake of the election.

Labour has ruled out seeking to preserve Britain’s membership of the EU single market despite calls for the Government to soften its Brexit stance following the general election.

Cabinet ministers have told the Prime Minister she must adopt a more collective approach to government in the wake of Thursday’s general election, Michael Fallon has revealed.

Five Cabinet members have urged Boris Johnson to mount a leadership bid against Theresa May as the Conservative party descended into mutiny after Thursday’s general election.

Labour would have won the general election with an outright majority if the campaign had run for a couple of weeks longer, John McDonnell has declared.

A former Tory leader has issued a stern warning to his colleagues seeking to oust Theresa May after a bruising night for the Conservatives at the general election.

A former Tory minister has called on Theresa May to "consider her position" as the Conservatives lost their Commons majority at the general election.

Jeremy Corbyn has called on Theresa May to resign and allow Labour to form a government “that will be truly representative of all of the people of this country”.

Nigel Farage has said he would have “no choice” but to re-enter the political frontline if Jeremy Corbyn leads a coalition government after the election.

George Osborne tonight became the first senior Tory to cast doubt on Theresa May’s future as party leader after a shock exit poll suggested the Conservatives will lose their Commons majority.

After victory in last week’s West Midlands mayoral election, Conservative strategists believe they can pick up a swathe of seats across the region. With a month to go until polling day, Sebastian Whale heads out on the Birmingham campaign trail

George Osborne’s decision to take up a role as editor of the Evening Standard has sparked a fresh debate about MPs holding second jobs. Sebastian Whale reports on the fallout from the former chancellor’s controversial appointment  

Julian Lewis believes the West is facing a threat to its security not seen since the 1980s. The Defence Select Committee chair tells Sebastian Whale why he’s fighting to increase the MoD's budget – and why he hopes the 'dire prospect' of an EU Army does not become a reality 

Lord Newby believes there is growing support on the red benches for the Liberal Democrats’ plan to force a second referendum on the terms of Brexit. And he tells Sebastian Whale that the fight against Brexit will not end with the Article 50 Bill 

Conservationist Bill Oddie tells PoliticsHome staying in the EU is essential for the environment and explains why he is sick to the back teeth of the referendum campaign.

New tests should be implemented to determine whether a defendant facing criminal charges is mentally fit to stand trial, according to the Law Commission.