Your weekly update on the latest developments and debates in Parliament and across Whitehall. This week: treaty scrutiny, closer trading ties with the EU and the Renters' Rights Bill.

Follow live coverage as voters in England head to the polls in local and mayoral elections as well as the Runcorn & Helsby by ...

A Liberal Democrat MSP who defected from the Scottish Conservatives has urged their voters to back his new party. Jamie ...

Sir Keir Starmer faces his first test since taking power last year with two electoral challenges - a by-election in Runcorn ...

The by-election, the first since Sir Keir Starmer entered Downing Street, follows the resignation of former Labour MP Mike ...

A BBC One special from 11.10pm to 4am (Friday 2 May) with Laura Kuenssberg will follow the latest developments, with guests ...

Local elections may be dismissed as parochial, but they are the stage for a battle that will go onto define our politics.

The polls in England are the first since Keir Starmer became prime minister. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

Voters across Bristol, South Gloucestershire and Bath and North East Somerset are set to go to the polls today (May 1). They ...

Millions vote across England in major test for Labour, Reform and Tories - Voters casting ballots in 23 local authorities and ...

The Liberal Democrats are warning the Government that a summit with the European Union on May 19 should not be a missed ...

Thursday’s local elections could see a major breakthrough for Reform UK, with the party eyeing hundreds of council seats and a chance to challenge the Conservatives and Labour.