Sarah Clarke, the first woman to be appointed to the role of Black Rod in its 670-year history, will leave Parliament later ...

The Renters' Rights Bill seeks to abolish fixed term assured tenancies and assured shorthold tenancies. It will also impose ...

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The eight-clause bill, first introduced in the House of Lords, aims to enhance the UK’s regime for managing bank failures, ...

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Members of the Lords quiz the government on energy usage in mining cryptocurrencies, community pharmacy closures, children's wellbeing, Ofwat fines against water companies, and Taliban restrictions ...

Members discuss draft law to introduce new multiplier standards and remove relief rates from charitable private schools.

TV cameras broadcasting from the House of Lords chamber. Proceedings were televised on BBC1 and BBC2 for the first time on 23 ...

The Independent Expert Panel (IEP) has today (21 January) published its decision (pdf, 305KB) dismissing an appeal by Colonel ...

The UK public elects 650 Members of Parliament (MPs) to represent their interests and concerns in the House of Commons. MPs consider and propose new laws, and can scrutinise government policies by ...

The Speaker’s House epitomises the status of the Speaker. It always was the grandest residence in the New Palace of Westminster and is the only one to survive in anything like its original form. The ...

The military casualties incurred by the UK during the World Wars dwarf anything that has occurred since. Three times as many British forces died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme (19,240) ...