Lynsey BewsScotland political correspondentPA MediaAngela Constance has faced attacks from Labour and the Conservatives Scotland's justice secretary Angela Constance is expected to face a vote of no confidence later ...

PA MediaAround 470 prisoners could be released early from Scottish prisons by the end of the year.Justice secretary Angela Constance has asked parliament to pass emergency legislation that would ...

PA MediaAngus Robertson said he was worried about a reduction in Scotland's news provisionThe culture secretary has told the chief executive of STV of his "deep concerns" after it ...

Katy Austintransport correspondent andJamie WhiteheadPA MediaTransport Secretary Heidi Alexander has approved plans for a second runway at London Gatwick Airport, as the government looks for economic growth opportunities.The £2.2bn ...

Philip Sim and Megan BonarBBC Scotland NewsPA MediaIan Murray is Scottish Labour's longest serving MPIan Murray says he is "hugely disappointed" after being sacked as Scottish secretary in the ...

Talks between Health Secretary Wes Streeting and the British Medical Association (BMA) will take place next week in a bid to avert strike action in England's NHS.Resident doctors, previously ...

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says she has decided to proscribe Palestine Action under anti-terror law. The announcement came as the group held a protest in central London, with hundreds ...

The secretary of state has dismissed claims by the DUP that he is keeping victims and some parties "in the dark" over his government's plans to change how Troubles ...

Care workers will no longer be recruited from overseas as part of a crackdown on visas for lower-skilled workers, the home secretary has told the BBC.Yvette Cooper said "it ...

The culture secretary has said the BBC's licence fee is "unenforceable" and insisted "no options are off the table" when the government begins a review into the corporation's current ...

Hollie Cole and Tom SymondsBBC NewsPA MediaEnergy Secretary Ed Miliband has ordered an urgent investigation into the power outage caused by a substation fire that shut Heathrow Airport on ...

The Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has rejected calls from the family of MP Sir David Amess for a public inquiry into his murder.In a letter addressed to Lady Julia ...