Stephen Crabb became Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in March 2016
May 2022
Tory MP blames food poverty on lack of cooking skills
Lee Anderson provokes furious response by telling Commons that food banks are largely unnecessary
January 2022
Tory MPs back calls for criminal investigation into partygate
Metropolitan police say they will wait for Sue Gray to issue report into lockdown parties but backbenchers want action now
March 2021
40% of households in four London boroughs claiming housing costs – report
Tory thinktank Bright Blue says largest increases in claims during first nine months of Covid were in cities
February 2021
The union unit: the No 10 team tasked with keeping UK together
How what one MP termed a ‘Whitehall psychodrama’ has propelled team into the headlines
October 2020
MPs urge 'starter payment' to universal credit claimants
Select committee’s recommendation aims to support people during five-week wait for first benefits
May 2018
Gove casts doubt on merits of customs partnership proposal
Criticism of May’s preferred model brings cabinet customs union breakthrough into question
November 2017
Westminster sexual misconduct allegations: the MPs accused so far
Tory whip steps down as more MPs are caught up in harassment scandal
Jess Phillips: a terrible, toxic week in Westminster
Jess Phillips
Labour activist says she was raped at party event and told not to report it
September 2017
Government to signal pay cap for police and prison officers may be lifted
Tories turn up pressure on Theresa May over EU withdrawal bill
July 2017
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Labour accuses Johnson and Tories backing public sector pay rise of hypocrisy - as it happened
Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen
February 2017
Brexiters face rude awakening on immigration, says ex-minister
As a Tory MP, I urge Theresa May to guarantee the status of EU nationals
Stephen Crabb
December 2016
2016 in review
‘Get that lie off your bus’: the year’s best slapdowns
From Angela Eagle’s riposte to the leave campaign to Chris Rock on the Oscars, these verbal gymnasts won battles with words – even if they sometimes lost the war
July 2016
The politics sketch
Talk to the hand, Leadsom: Theresa May's perfect first day
John Crace
If the Conservative party’s doing God again, what sort of God is it?
Andrew Brown
Who will be in Theresa May's cabinet?
Liam Fox and Stephen Crabb endorse Theresa May for PM – video
