Andy Davies , Home Affairs Correspondent

Away from Brexit, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn promised to repeal a 19th century law that criminalises begging and rough sleepers if he becomes Prime Minister. The 1824 vagrancy act, which made it a crime to beg and sleep rough, was repealed in Scotland nearly four decades ago. But it remains in force in England and…

Wales is about to get a new First Minister after the Welsh Labour party elected Mark Drakeford as its new leader. In his victory speech, the Corbyn loyalist pledged to lead “a Labour party true to our roots”.

Wales is about to get a new First Minister – as voting comes to an end in Welsh Labour’s election to decide their new leader. Members of the party and affiliated groups like unions will have until tomorrow to cast their votes. Inevitably, perhaps, Brexit has featured prominently in the campaign. And as First Minister…

The Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones has told an inquest that former cabinet minister Carl Sargeant was “panicked but not distraught” in a meeting in which he was sacked over allegations of sexual misconduct.

A politician who’d been accused of sexual misconduct was found dead four days after being sacked from his cabinet job in the Welsh government.

It’s a probe unprecedented in scale, time and complexity. For months the Information Commissioner’s office has been investigating companies across the world and all of Britain’s political parties. Today Elizabeth Denham reported back to MPs.

Vowing to “change the destiny of Brazil”, the far-right populist Jair Bolsonaro has become the country’s new President after a deeply divisive election.

On Sunday, Brazilians will go to the polls to chose their next President. The far-right populist Jair Bolsonaro looks set for victory, after a divisive campaign that’s combined inflammatory rhetoric and nostalgia for an authoritarian past.

In Brazil, the right-wing populist Jair Bolsonaro looks set for a resounding victory in this weekend’s Presidential election. His fiery rhetoric has spared few of Brazil’s most vulnerable communities. Our correspondent Andy Davies has been to meet some of those at the most extreme end of Brazil’s economic decline.

He’s a populist, hard-right candidate who’s often described as Brazil’s Donald Trump. And if the polls are correct, Jair Bolsonaro is heading for a landslide victory in this weekend’s presidential elections, warning his left-wing rivals they could either go overseas or go to jail. In a country still emerging from its worst ever recession, where violent crime…

Less than ten days before an election that’s divided Brazil, the populist far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro still holds a commanding lead over his rival. Latest polls show Mr Bolsonaro, a former army officer with extreme views on gay and minority rights and law enforcement, is set to take 59 percent of the vote in the run-off next Sunday.

Prison officers in England and Wales are to be given pepper spray to combat violence in jails, Prisons Minister Rory Stewart has said. The spray has been trialled in four prisons, and will now be rolled out to all jails which house male prisoners. But a former prison officer has criticised the move, saying there’s a risk the sprays could be turned…

Research by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism suggests at least 449 homeless people have died in the UK in the last year – at least 65 of them on the streets. The homeless charity Crisis says the figures are “deeply shocking”.

We’re in Birmingham on the eve of the Tory Party conference as internal rows, warnings from business about Brexit and a leaky app which revealed MP’s private information to the public threaten to overshadow the event before it begins.

In the midst of the growing crisis in prisons across England and Wales – the civil servant in charge has been asked to stand down.