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Cannabis should be legalised for medical use, a cross-party group of UK politicians has recommended following a major inquiry. The group’s chairman Baroness Meacher claimed...

David Cameron is standing down as MP for Witney, triggering a by-election in the Oxfordshire seat. Mr Cameron told the chairman of his Conservative Association...

Child victims of sexual abuse will be able to receive support and protection under one roof as part of a pilot project brought forward...

Keith Vaz is to quit as chairman of the influential House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee in the UK after he was embroiled...

A high profile British Labour MP is reportedly standing down from a prestigous public role after a newspaper alleged he paid for the services...

Barack Obama has said the United States would guard against any "adverse" impacts from the Brexit vote, but warned that a trade deal with...

Britain is seeking a "strong new European partnership" with the remaining 27 members of the EU after Brexit, the UK's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson...

Nicola Sturgeon will today launch a fresh bid to convince Scots to back independence, hailing the drive as the "biggest ever political listening exercise". The...

Jeremy Corbyn has received an apparent boost in his battle to remain the Labour leader in the UK after a British High Court ruling...

The threat of a Labour split dominated an increasingly bitter battle for the leadership as Jeremy Corbyn branded talk of a breakaway parliamentary party...