Justice Secretary Robert Buckland says too many abusers' sentences are not tough enough.

The Labour leader calls for tougher coronavirus restrictions and says help for low earners must continue.

The Labour leader rejects a second independence referendum but calls for other changes to devolution.

The Labour leader urges ministers to give councils more money instead to protect family budgets.

He claims her evidence to an inquiry into sexual harassment allegations against him was "untrue".

Plans to expand the legal definition of the word "women" falls foul of equalities laws, the Court of Session hears.

The investigators were turned back, with Beijing saying "there might be some misunderstanding".

The prime minister gave examples of the benefits of Brexit for "ordinary voters". How do they stack up?

A fresh move to make non-fatal strangulation a specific criminal offence is under way.

Birmingham City Council leader Ian Ward says the government needs to act amid soaring virus rates.

The House of Commons isn't sitting, but peers are keeping busy as the new year gets going.

Boris Johnson says the gap between referendums on Europe - 41 years - is "a good sort of gap" for independence referendums.

The UK leaves the European single market and customs union an hour before midnight and a new relationship with the EU begins.

Covid and Brexit look set to dominate the early months of 2021 - but what happens after that?

Labour's leader uses his New Year message to say the country can "rebuild" after Covid.

The UK's hard-fought agreement with the EU is set to come into force at 23:00 GMT on Thursday.

Experts suggest officials saved time by copying and pasting text from old legislation.

Former Brexit minister David Jones denies the Eurosceptic group brought down the ex-prime minister.

The landmark EU-UK deal is on its way to becoming law provisionally on 1 January.

A post-Brexit agreement has been announced. Here are 10 key questions.