The warning came as Theresa May addressed senior ministers at a special meeting of Cabinet ahead of a historic week of crunch votes in the House of Commons which could shape the outcome of Brexit.

Flagship Brexit legislation survived intact as it returned to the Commons despite further Tory concerns and a mini-rebellion.

David Cameron has hailed the apparent death of ‘Jihadi John’ as a “strike at the heart” of Islamic State (IS).

An Irish man has won an action against Britain over the insistence his Colombian-born wife needed a visa to enter the country.

British politicians and royal-watchers expressed criticism, and some sympathy, at comments by Prince Charles comparing Russian president Vladimir Putin’s actions in Ukraine to the territory-seizing of Adolf Hitler.

A paedophile who walked free from a British court after his 13-year-old victim was branded 'predatory’ has been ordered to serve a two-year jail sentence.

Disgraced veteran broadcaster Stuart Hall is facing more police questioning over new allegations of rape.

Britain's National Security Council has agreed unanimously that the world “should not stand by” after the “unacceptable” use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime, UK Prime Minister David Cameron said.

A paedophile in the UK who was allowed to walk free after his 13-year-old victim was branded ”predatory” is to have his sentence reviewed by the Court of Appeal.

Disgraced veteran broadcaster Stuart Hall had his 15-month prison sentence for sex offences doubled by Court of Appeal judges today.

Disgraced veteran broadcaster Stuart Hall abused his celebrity status to indecently assault 13 young girls, according to a judge who jailed him for 15 months.

Hillsborough justice campaigner Anne Williams has died after fighting cancer.

A number of Twitter users who posted photos claiming to show James Bulger’s killer Jon Venables face a possible jail sentence tonight after Britain’s chief legal adviser launched contempt proceedings against them.

British prime minister David Cameron got his way as gay marriage legislation cleared its first hurdle in the House of Commons last night — but saw his party split down the middle.

The British High Court has quashed the original accidental death inquest verdicts returned after 96 Liverpool football fans died in the crush at Hillsborough 23 years ago.

A new police investigation into the Hillsborough Disaster was announced by the UK Home Secretary today.

A formal application to quash the verdicts of the original Hillsborough inquests has been made by the British government’s top lawyer.

A formal application to quash the verdicts of the original Hillsborough inquests has been made by the Government’s top lawyer.

An application to quash the original Hillsborough inquest verdicts could be made today, the Attorney General’s office said.

The British Attorney General has paved the way for a fresh inquest to be held into the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans in the Hillsborough disaster 23 years ago.

Britain's Attorney General is expected to apply today to have the original verdicts in the inquest into the deaths of 96 fans at Hillsborough quashed.

Pressure was growing today for criminal prosecutions to be brought against police officers involved in the Hillsborough disaster.

British police tried to blame Liverpool football fans to cover up mistakes that contributed to the deaths of 96 supporters who were crushed at a stadium, according to secret documents finally released following a 23-year campaign by families of the victims.

Police and emergency services made “strenuous attempts” to deflect the blame for the Hillsborough disaster onto innocent fans, newly published documents revealed today.

Attorney General Dominic Grieve has defended his decision not to prosecute footballer Joey Barton for a series of online comments about John Terry ahead of his trial, insisting they would not jeopardise the case.

Major question marks hang over Fabio Capello’s status as England coach after he spoke out in defence of axed skipper John Terry.

Footballer Joey Barton could be in trouble with the UK's Attorney General after posting a series of comments online about John Terry ahead of his trial for allegedly racially abusing Anton Ferdinand.

The Attorney General’s office in the UK today said it had been made aware of a series of robust observations made by Joey Barton on Twitter over the John Terry racism saga.

The sentences handed out to two men for the racist murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence in 1993 will not be referred by Britain’s attorney general to the Court of Appeal for a decision on whether they are “unduly lenient”.

Jail sentences given to two men who murdered Stephen Lawrence were not unduly lenient, Britain’s top law officer said today.

TWO national newspapers have each been fined £15,000 (€17,000) for contempt of court over internet photographs showing a murder trial defendant holding a pistol.

BRITISH Attorney General Dominic Grieve has ruled out asking the High Court to order an inquest into the death of David Kelly.

Attorney General Dominic Grieve has ruled out asking the High Court to order an inquest into the death of David Kelly.

Users of Twitter could face legal action for contempt of court if they use the micro-blogging website to breach privacy injunctions, the UK's Attorney General warned today.

ALAN SUGAR was ordered to remove a Twitter post by a High Court judge during a British Tory peer’s expenses fraud trial, it has been revealed.

The footballer at the centre of a gagging order over a relationship with reality TV star Imogen Thomas was named by an MP in the Commons today.

The footballer at the centre of a gagging order over a relationship with reality TV star Imogen Thomas was named by an MP in the Commons today.

Lawyers for The Sun newspaper in the UK will ask for an injunction banning the identity of the well-known footballer at the centre of a controversial privacy ruling to be lifted, the newspaper said on its website.

A British prison officer was sacked after an inquiry revealed his Facebook friends included 13 convicted criminals, it was revealed today.

CONSERVATIVE leader David Cameron hailed the return of former chancellor Kenneth Clarke to his front bench team yesterday as senior figures dismissed suggestions that the move would be divisive.

Personal details relating to thousands of criminals have been lost in the latest in a line of Government data blunders, it emerged tonight.

MURDERERS will no longer face automatic life sentences under proposals published in Britain yesterday - changing a law which dates back to the abolition of the death penalty 40 years ago.

HUNDREDS of family court cases involving children taken into care on the basis of expert evidence that they were at risk of harm could be overturned, British Children’s Minister Margaret Hodge said yesterday.