A controversial proposal for MPs and peers to vacate the traditional home of parliament is the subject of a free vote in the Commons this week.

The Environment Agency has announced plans to map England’s entire landscape by 2020, using the data to assess flood risk and inform conservation work.

Fire drills should be carried out in Parliament when MPs are sitting to test the building's capacity to deal with an emergency, a senior official has said.

Thousands of homes are without power and travel has been disrupted after Storm Eleanor swept across the UK.