Labour MP Jess Phillips, who is now a minister in the Home Office, was once one of the most vocal opponents of the plan ...

The Government is expected to seek to bring the measures into force as soon as possible once the legislation is approved by ...

The home secretary’s border security bill is an admission of powerlessness – and the attorney general has confirmed it, writes John Rentoul ...

The service for the former deputy prime minister, who died in November aged 86, is being held at Hull Minster.

Brian Walden and Margaret Thatcher were soulmates. He was a Labour MP who became a TV interviewer, she was the Tory leader ...