The UK government is looking at banning plastic straws and cotton buds, adding to the existing ban on micro beads and charges for plastic bags. Dan Webb has spent the year turning his rubbish into art, and he told Daily Politics presenter…

A month after Northamptonshire County Council declared itself effectively bankrupt, other councils are showing similar signs of financial stress. Daily Politics reporter Greg Dawson spoke to some Somerset residents who explain how some services are under threat as councillors have to meet…

Labour leader and Arsenal fan Jeremy Corbyn pays tribute to Arsene Wenger after he announced he would be leaving the north London club in the summer after 22 years. Mr Corbyn recalls the Frenchman taking his two sons on a tour of…

Speaker John Bercow was among those who paid tribute to Tessa Jowell, as she returned to the House of Commons to attend a debate on cancer treatment. Baroness Jowell was diagnosed with brain cancer in May last year. She earned a minute-long…

There have been counter claims over whether the landing cards for people from the Windrush generation were destroyed under Labour in 2009 or Theresa May when she was new in the home secretary role in 2010. Alan Johnson, one of two Labour…

Friday marks the 50th anniversary of Enoch Powell’s Rivers of Blood speech, given to an audience of Conservative party activists, where he warned civil unrest as a result of immigration. Daily Politics reporter Elizabeth Glinka looked at the legacy of 1958 speech…

Transport minister Nusrat Ghani was embarrassed in the Commons after not realising a question was for her. The Conservative MP for Wealden in East Sussex, had to be prompted to respond to Labour’s transport spokesman’s question. She admitted suffering a “momentary lapse……

The former head of the civil service, Lord Kerslake, said that some ministers were “deeply unhappy” about the introduction of the “hostile environment” strategy under then Home Secretary Theresa May. Speaking to BBC Newsnight, Lord Kerslake, said some saw the policy, which…

The chairman of the Migration Advisory Committee says agriculture, food manufacturing, hospitality and warehousing would be likely to “struggle most” after Brexit. Speaking to the Home Affairs Committee, Prof Alan Manning said the new immigration system would hit lower skilled immigration, leading…

Jeremy Corbyn asked the prime minister about the 2010 destruction of landing cards relating to people who arrived in the UK as part of the Windrush generation. But Theresa May, who was home secretary in 2010, said the decision was taken a…