Brexit extension: The EU just condemned migrants to seven months of 'flexible' uncertainty
Since the Costa amendment, there has been precisely no movement towards a guarantee for EU citizens in the UK or Brits in Europe.
Week in Review: Theresa May's only consistency is failure
You can set your moral watch by her. Whatever she is doing, it is by definition the worst way you could possibly behave in the circumstances.
The Brexiters' rearguard defence against Article 50 extension has fallen apart
In parliament, Brussels and Downing Street, the resistance to a long Article 50 extension is falling away
No.10 statement: Look out for Theresa May's no-deal trap
The prime minister's statement sounded reasonable and open-minded, which was the first indication something could be very wrong.
Podcast
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The Politics.co.uk Podcast - EU migrant crisis
Can we even call it a "crisis"?
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The Politics.co.uk Podcast: Medical cannabis
All you need to know about the medical uses of cannabis
Opinion Former Comment
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BFAWU: If David Cameron is attacking unions, we must be doing something right
Workers strike to avoid becoming a burden to the taxpayer. Why won't David Cameron support hard-working union members?
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BFAWU: Is a contract and a wage really too much to ask of fast food employers?
If fast food companies can afford to pay CEOs £8.45 million, they can pay their staff a living wage.
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BFAWU: Osborne's economic recovery was never intended to benefit ordinary people
Let's be absolutely clear; this recovery isn't for us and it was never intended to benefit ordinary people.
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BFAWU: Yes, there is an alternative to austerity
Working people are disillusioned but successes like the Wigan strike show what is possible.
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NARPO: Rewarding service?
NARPO calls for "careful consideration" over police pensions.
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Insulting voters can only lead to defeat – for both the Tories and Labour
Shutting out the voters might seem like a sensible strategy, but it can only lead to one result: a slap in the face come polling day.
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Miliband is now most likely to be next prime minister
For years the idea of Ed Miliband in No 10 was judged unthinkable, even laughable. But with the general election just over a fortnight away, a consensus is gradually emerging that his premiership is now the most likely outcome.
Ian Dunt
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Remainers are making a pig's ear of the European elections
Campaigning without any coordination means Remain parties could easily end up without any seats at all.
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Week in Review: The frazzlfication ends now. For a little bit.
Insane working hours, emotional exhaustion and a relentless drumbeat of abuse have turned politicians, journalists and news-readers into quivering wrecks.
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Halloween extension: Remainers now have the chance to turn this thing around
It might not be perfect, but a half-year Article 50 extension gives plenty of opportunities to secure meaningful change to Brexit
Comment
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The lesson of Notre Dame: It could happen to parliament at any moment
Repeated reports have made clear that parliament is at severe risk of fire. Unless action is taken soon, we could lose the country's most famous building.
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The quest for Britain: Away from the media spotlight, Calais reaches breaking point
Desperate conditions in France are being worsened by a British funding programme which prioritises surveillance over common decency.
Analysis
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Your guide to how the IFS dismantled the two parties' plans
The IFS said that Labour had got its sums wrong on tax, while the Tory public pay cap is causing difficulties
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Ignore the hype. Ukip will lose to Labour in Oldham West
Nigel Farage's party are unlikely to deliver a major upset today
Feature
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Gavin Williamson's demand for squaddie immunity betrays the horror of Bloody Sunday
The defence secretary is threaten to politicise the criminal justice system in a populist appeal to the right.
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I'm Broken, Britain: One tribunal meeting decides my austerity fate
Impossible choices as the austerity system cuts home
Sketch
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PMQS verdict: Harman is right, but it doesn’t save her
The temporary Labour leader struggles and fails to press her arguments against a prime minister who trades in blithe but convincing falsehoods
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PMQS verdict: Harman wrong-foots Cameron with declaration of war on Heathrow
Labour is poised to make the Heathrow debate as damaging for Cameron as humanly possible
Interviews
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Clive Lewis interview: If business wants the single market they must increase workers' rights
Clive Lewis on Brexit, immigration and what Labour needs to do to win back the working class
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Makbool Javaid interview: Sadiq Khan's former brother-in-law speaks out
Labour London mayoral hopeful's family relationship with Javaid sparked tabloid 'extremism' stories
Review
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The Brexiteers bible: What Daniel Hannan's 'Why Vote Leave' leaves out
Former leader of Conservative MEPs says Hannan's book is full of distortions
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Review: Parliamentary Pioneers: Labour Women MPs 1918-1945, by Mary Honeyball
Honeyball's history reveals that inequality in Parliament remains rife today
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