This is the moment Labour was announced victorious in the Blackpool South parliamentary by-election on Friday (3 May). In the contest triggered by the resignation of former Tory MP Scott Benton following a lobbying scandal, Labour’s Chris Webb secu ...

Police used water cannons, tear gas and pepper spray against protesters in Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi on Wednesday night (1 May). Tens of thousands took to the streets as the country’s parliament moved closer to adopting a controversial law tha ...

Some prospective parliamentary candidates have been found to hold fringe views that even the populist party says are ‘eccentric’

parliamentary commissioner for standards says there was not sufficient evidence to justify opening investigation into John Baron

parliamentary questions dominated by partisan attacks a day after Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre ejected from chamber

Zheng Zeguang's ban was in response to China placing sanctions on a number of British MPs and peers

Theresa May has ruled out a David Cameron-style return to politics once she steps down at the next election. Speaking at a Chatham House event on Tuesday (30 April), Mrs May was asked by an audience member whether she would consider a return to front ...

Police launch violent crackdown on demonstration against bill that pro-Moscow government is trying to pass

Volunteers and medics joined an anti-euthanasia protest in Westminster on Monday 29 April, while MPs considered changing the law around assisted suicide. Ministers are debating assisted dying after a petition on discussing the controversial issue gai ...

Stephen Flynn has ruled himself out of the race to replace Humza Yousaf as Scotland’s first minister. Mr Yousaf admitted “politics can be a brutal business” as he announced his resignation just four days after tearing up the powersharing agreem ...

Ursula von der Leyen to take part alongside representatives from seven other parties as EU gears up for European parliament elections

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer says the Scottish people are “being fundamentally let down” as he called for a general election to end the “chaos”. Humza Yousaf quit as Scottish first minister on Monday (29 April) in an emotional ...

Polls predict ANC likely to lose parliamentary majority, due to high unemployment and wealth inequality

The sold-out cycle event takes participants past famous landmarks including parliament, the British Museum and St Paul’s Cathedral

The Rwanda Bill finally became an Act of parliament on Thursday after months of pushback and debate

A former parliamentary researcher facing charges under the Official Secrets Act for allegedly gathering information for China arrived at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Friday, 26 April. Christopher Cash, 29, from Whitechapel in east London, alongs ...

Humza Yousaf and Douglas Ross were embroiled in a heated clash in the Scottish parliament after the first minister ended the so-called Bute House Agreement underpinning the Scottish government coalition with immediate effect on Thursday, 25 April. Th ...

Reform UK's deputy leader Ben Habib appeared to suggest migrants should be left to drown in the English Channel in comments that horrified an interviewer on Tuesday, 23 April. It came after a seven-year-old girl was among five migrants who died as th ...

A prominent German far-right lawmaker says he will dismiss an assistant who was arrested on suspicion of spying for China, but will remain the Alternative for Germany party’s top candidate in the upcoming European parliament elections

Member of parliament for Birkenhead between 1979 and 2019 has died after a period of illness, his family has announced