ReutersLouise Haigh has resigned as transport secretary after pleading guilty to a criminal offence related to incorrectly telling police that a work mobile phone was stolen in 2013.In a...

Getty ImagesA Post Office miscarriages-of-justice campaigner at the High Court The government is to review the future oversight of private prosecutions, in light of the Post Office Horizon scandal...

The £200m rescue package to increase access to NHS dentistry this year is not on track, a spending watchdog says.The dental recovery plan published by the Conservative government in...

The government is trying to achieve several political objectives from the "Get Britain Working" White Paper.It wants to be seen to be taking welfare reform seriously and not be...

Liz Kendall defends assisted dying bill safeguardsThe assisted dying bill has been defended by Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall who told the BBC it was about the "right...

PA MediaSince the government unveiled its new inheritance tax plans for farmers in last month’s Budget, there has been intense debate about how many people will be affected and...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces arrest if he travels to the UK, after an international arrest warrant was issued for him, Downing Street has indicated. A No 10...

The "feudal" leasehold system in England and Wales will be overhauled by the end of the current Parliament, the government has announced, as campaigners raise concerns about delays.Millions of...

The UK's two longest-serving MPs have united to oppose the assisted dying bill, which is due to be debated in Parliament next week.In a joint article for the Guardian,...

The farmers' demonstration was best summed up in two images: real tractors being driven by farmers around Parliament Square, and beside them a collection of toy tractors being peddled...

Free trade talks between India and the UK will be relaunched in the new year, Downing Street has announced.The news comes after Sir Keir Starmer met Indian prime minister...

BBCJohn Morris witnessed nuclear tests, lost a son - and wants to meet the PM When 18-year-old John Morris stood for the first time on the Pacific’s Christmas Island...