Rowena Mason
Rowena Mason is deputy political editor for the Guardian
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Dismay over Liam Fox's claim of 'shared values' with Duterte's brutal regimeUK trade minister is in the Philippines to meet a president who has publicly encouraged civilians to kill drug addicts
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Corbyn pins Labour's local election hopes on NHS and schoolsLabour leader blames poor polling on media failing to address key issues, amid warnings dozens of seats could go to Tories
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Gibraltar's future at stake in Brexit negotiationsEU guidelines make clear bloc will not overrule Spain in any trade or sovereignty dispute over British overseas territory
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UK may have to abide by EU laws during any Brexit transition phaseEU negotiating guidelines say existing rules must apply during period between UK’s departure and agreement of trade deal
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Labour defers ruling on Ken Livingstone 'antisemitic' remarksAs decision is put off, ex-minister Ian Austin accuses shadow cabinet of being ‘pitiful’ and ‘asleep’
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MPs' expenses watchdog accidentally posts private data onlineInformation on staff’s names, pay, working patterns and holidays was uploaded in error and stayed up for four hours
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'No surprises really': politicians react to Tusk's EU negotiating guidelinesNo 10 sanguine about proposals, but Tim Farron says Tory comments about special arrangements for car industry are worthless
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Theresa May held private dinner for Daily Mail editor at No 10Paul Dacre was only media figure to get hospitality from PM in her first six months, government reveals
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Ken Livingstone repeats claim about Nazi-Zionist collaborationFormer MP makes fresh remarks about ‘real collaboration’ between Nazis and Zionists ahead of tribunal hearing over bringing Labour party into disrepute
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Theresa May gives no cut-off date for freedom of movementPrime minister’s vagueness suggests any EU citizen settling in UK up until day of Brexit may be allowed to stay
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Westminster attack: MPs and peers to question security proceduresComissions to raise concerns about evacuation policy and security at main parliament gate after London terror attack
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Philip Hammond on leaving EU: 'We can't have our cake and eat it'Chancellor contradicts Boris Johnson before Theresa May speech, saying exiting EU will have ‘some consequences’
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Article 50: Theresa May to call on UK to unite after letter triggers BrexitPrime minister’s letter will be hand-delivered to European council president at the same time as she addresses House of Commons
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Pro-Brexit Tory MPs walk out of parliamentary meetingConservatives boycott approval process over tone of Hilary Benn’s report on UK’s negotiating objectives for leaving EU
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Diane Abbott calls on left to back free movement as workers' rightShadow home secretary distances herself from peers advocating rethink of Labour’s immigration policy, stating restrictions will harm domestic workers, too
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Ukip: Britain should be able to send back 'beggars or criminals' from EUParty’s Brexit spokesman backs prime minister’s decision not to give guarantees without reciprocal deals from EU countries
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Security chief told MPs they were safe in parliament before attackExpert raises concern about ‘lack of protection’ following attack, but MPs were told they were in greater danger in constituencies
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Westminster attack: 75-year-old man becomes fourth victim – as it happenedPolice name Khalid Masood, 52, born in Kent as man responsible for attack in which three victims have died and seven more are critically injured
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MPs raise concerns about parliamentary security after attackMet review of Palace of Westminster will focus on Carriage Gates, where terrorist fatally stabbed PC Keith Palmer
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Westminster attack: PC Keith Palmer named as police officer killed – as it happenedFive dead, including police officer and attacker, and 40 injured after assault on Houses of Parliament
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Corbyn accuses May of breaking Tory pledge on education fundingPM criticises shadow frontbenchers for sending their children to private schools as Labour leader says cuts betray a generation
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Ken Livingstone calls for Labour to suspend 'disloyal' MPsEx-London mayor says Chuka Umunna, Wes Streeting and others are undermining Jeremy Corbyn and damaging the party
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Labour membership expected to fall below half a millionParty unsure if those leaving are Jeremy Corbyn supporters, who joined just to back him, or opponents of his reign
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George Osborne accused of breaching rules with Evening Standard jobShadow minister calls for investigation into whether Osborne has broken rules governing former ministerial appointments
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'Theresa May's mask has slipped': febrile mood at SNP spring conferenceAngus Robertson tells supporters it would be a ‘democratic outrage’ for PM to ignore Holyrood’s vote
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Brexit diaries: 'We are at a turning point in the UK's political history'A second vote on Scottish independence splits opinion – as does the chancellor’s failure to mention Brexit in his budget
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PM’s chief of staff entangled in South Thanet election spending rowNick Timothy is not accused of wrongdoing but was among group of advisers based in battleground seat where spending was apparently wrongly recorded
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Two Tory MPs reveal CPS is reviewing their election spendingKarl McCartney and William Wragg among more than 20 Conservative MPs facing allegations of electoral fraud
George Osborne's benefit cuts legacy set to come into effect