Michael Crick

Scotland inside the single market – even if the rest of the UK is out. That’s top of Nicola Sturgeon’s wish list as she called for more powers to protect Scottish interests after Brexit.

If you’re hoping to join the great Christmas getaway next weekend then beware: check-in staff, baggage handlers and cargo crew at 18 airports across the country have voted for a 48 hour strike from December 23rd. Pilots at Virgin Atlantic and British Airways cabin staff are also planning industrial action over the festive period.

There’s a glimpse of relief for hundreds of thousands of commuters who’ve been facing the worst rail disruption for almost 20 years: talks will be held tomorrow aimed at resolving the strike by drivers on Southern Rail which has brought the network’s entire service to a halt.

A new opinion poll puts Labour 17 points behind the Conservatives on just 25 per cent – its lowest standing in opposition since 1983. It came in the wake of the party finishing fourth in the Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election.  

The Government’s already lost one MP over its stance on Article 50 after Stephen Phillips resigned the Lincolnshire seat of Sleaford and North Hykeham in protest at its reluctance to allow a Commons vote. Tomorrow residents in the pro- Brexit stronghold go to the polls to elect his successor.

He must have thought that he wasn’t taking much of a risk in resigning as Conservative MP for Richmond Park and standing as an independent to win it back. But Zac Goldsmith reckoned without the by-election pedigree of the Liberal Democrats – and the Brexit backlash.

The Liberal Democrats claim they’re “closing the gap” on sitting MP Zac Goldsmith in the Richmond by-election. The former Conservative MP triggered the vote over his opposition to the Government’s Heathrow expansion plans.

The outgoing Ukip leader claims to have refashioned the politics of the centre right after Brexit. Now the party’s new leader says he wants to  wipe Labour off the electoral map.

Pro-Brexit Tories have rounded on Sir John Major for suggesting a second referendum on Britain’s departure from the EU would be perfectly credible.The former PM said the Brexit process shouldn’t be subjected to the “tyranny of the majority”, sparking anger among Eurosceptics.

Nigel Farage says the former Ukip leader Diane James should stand down as an MEP after she announced she was quitting the party.

The UK Independence Party has denied that it has mis-spent EU funds on polls during the 2015 General Election campaign and ahead of this year’s EU referendum. An audit of money spent by the Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe – with which Ukip in linked in the European Parliament – raised the allegations, which…

Tonight Nick Timothy, the Prime Minister’s chief of staff, is in the spotlight for his role in the Conservative election expenses scandal. This programme has confirmed that Mr Timothy played a part in the controversial campaign in South Thanet, which is now under investigation by the police. You can read the documents referred to in…

The Brexit saga has taken another unexpected turn, with the resignation of a pro-Leave Conservative MP who said he had “irreconcilable policy differences” with his party.

As the clock ticks down to election day, a huge “ground war” is in full swing, both the Clinton and Trump campaigns working round the clock to win support.