A Labour MP in England has accused aides to Jeremy Corbyn and shadow chancellor John McDonnell of entering her House of Commons office without permission.

The Cabinet formally approved the one-year bankruptcy bill in a meeting over the phone yesterday.

Leader of the opposition Ed Miliband has floated proposals for a cap on MPs’ earnings from outside Parliament, as two of Westminster’s most senior former ministers were forced to defend themselves against cash-for-access allegations.

The Parliamentary Labour Party will gather for a two-day think-in today for the first time under the leadership of Joan Burton.

As senior Labour ministers took to the airwaves on Saturday to defend their party’s record and leader, conversations started taking place between its young turks on what to do about Eamon Gilmore.

Labour leader Eamon Gilmore is to face two motions of no confidence, it has emerged.

The Taoiseach and Tánaiste are expected to meet later today and begin discussions on a Cabinet re-shuffle.

A Labour TD is calling on all Labour rebels who have left the parliamentary party to come back and show a united front.

The resignation of Nessa Childers from the parliamentary Labour Party focuses public attention on the complete absence of legitimacy of Labour Party and Socialist Party representation in the European Parliament.

The resignation of Nessa Childers from the Parliamentary Labour Party is likely to fuel further uneasiness within that party.

MEP Nessa Childers has said she felt it would have been "morally corrupt" of her to stay in the Parliamentary Labour Party.

Labour has today denied that party leader Eamon Gilmore plans to remove any of the six rebel TDs and Senators from the party.

As the ITGWU/SIPTU Head of Research from 1971 to 2010, future Labour TDs among my work colleagues included, successively, Michael Bell, Eamon Gilmore and Colm Keaveney.

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny has revealed he has "spoken to" both Minister Ruairi Quinn and Minister James Reilly amid reports of a rift between the two.

Education Minister Ruairi Quinn said today that he would "neither confirm nor deny" reports that he suggested James Reilly was not fit to be Health Minister.

Fianna Fáil has accused the Education Minister of hypocrisy in relation to his views on the health minister James Reilly.

IT can be hard sometimes to figure out the long-term significance of political events.

Róisín Shortall has quit her role and resigned the party whip after a series of controversies with her department chief Health Minister James Reilly.

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore said to today that any repetition of a "season of kite-flying, rumours and leaks" on the Budget would not be fair on the public.

The Cabinet is set to discuss the potential wording of a Children's Rights referendum at its meeting this evening.

The Public Expenditure Minister says the Croke Park Agreement is changeable but there's no reason to tamper with something that's delivering.

The rebel TD Patrick Nulty has finally voted against the Coalition on the Budget.

A rebel Labour backbencher has become the third Government TD kicked out of the coalition after he refused to support the bank guarantee and called on the party to return to opposition.

A Labour backbencher has become the third TD to rebel against the coalition after the Government moved to extend the bank guarantee scheme.

Minister for Enterprise Richard Bruton said today that he is confident Labour will support his proposals to change wage agreements.

FORMER Cabinet minister Ed Balls was last night sounding out colleagues over a possible bid for the Labour Party leadership.

David Cameron stepped up demands today for a “brief but comprehensive” inquiry into the lobbying row in the UK.

Three former UK cabinet ministers have been suspended by the Labour Party over allegations they were prepared to use their position to influence government policy for cash.

One of Tony Blair's closest advisers will be grilled by the Iraq Inquiry today as it starts a week of evidence sessions dominated by key political figures.

BRITISH prime minister Gordon Brown rallied Labour MPs last night, declaring that the “hard- won economic recovery” would provide them with a platform for victory at the general election.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was today facing the prospect of a dramatic challenge to his leadership after two former Cabinet ministers issued a call for the issue to be resolved "once and for all".

Gordon Brown appealed today for discipline in the UK's Labour Party amid fresh criticism of his leadership following Labour’s humiliating by-election defeat in Norwich North.

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband insisted today that the Labour leadership question was “settled” as ministers sought to draw a line under failed attempts to oust Gordon Brown.

The politicians' expenses scandal in Britain was poised to claim another victim today after a second Labour MP admitted claiming thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ cash for a non-existent mortgage.

Another clutch of embarrassing British parliamentary expenses claims were revealed today as the public mood over the revelations turned increasingly angry.

BRITAIN’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown yesterday suspended ex-minister Elliot Morley from the Parliamentary Labour Party and an aide to Tory leader David Cameron quit his post, as the Westminster expenses scandal claimed its first scalps.

Gordon Brown was today facing a growing clamour from his own MPs for a leadership election, with a Labour vice chairman urging a “multiplicity” of senior figures to stand against him.

Barely half of British voters believe a change of leadership or policy would improve prime minister Gordon Brown's Labour Party's chances of success in the next UK general election, according to a survey out today.

British prime minister Gordon Brown was today facing pressure from his own MPs for a radical change in direction after a nightmare at the polls saw Labour slump to its worst results for a generation.

Adverse opinion polls played a role in persuading Gordon Brown not to call a snap general election, one of his most senior Cabinet allies confirmed today.

Gordon Brown will hit back at accusations he treated the public “like fools” over his autumn election decision today when he faces the press and fellow MPs.

Gordon Brown came under immediate pressure to change course in Iraq today as the British death toll continued to rise.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair said today that he will make a “definitive” statement next week on his plans to leave No 10 – as June 30 emerged as the likely date for the hand-over to his successor.