Nicola Sturgeon says transgender rapists “probably forfeit the right to be the gender of their choice”, as she conceded she “should have been much more straightforward” on the issue of double rapist Isla Bryson’s gender.

Baroness Jacqui Smith insisted the number of people crossing the Channel was not the current government’s fault

Baroness Chakrabarti said the proscription of the group risks exacerbating community tensions, and campaigners warned the ban was a threat to freedom of speech

Labour prime minister has warned Ukraine must be involved in any peace deal with Russia ahead of Trump summit in Alaska

The Tory leader was accused of taking part in a ‘race to the bottom for who can treat people seeking asylum the most cruelly’

The home secretary said she is preparing new guidance for police forces to promote transparency

Exclusive: Michael Gove has said Nigel Farage is not a ‘plausible prime minister’

Sir Stephen Timms will be leading the review into Personal Independence Payments (PIP)

Labour chancellor Rachel Reeves urged to act as experts warn many ordinary savers being ‘pulled into paying tax on their hard-earned savings’

Labour’s justice secretary Shabana Mahmood says the report ‘lays bare the disgraceful way the last Conservative government ran our prisons’