At 3pm on Tuesday 3 December, the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee, as part of its short inquiry on the relationship between the welfare system and long-term sickness, will hear evidence from ...

This week the UK delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly attended the 70th annual meeting, hosted by the Parliament of ...

The Tobacco and Vapes Bill 2024-25 (HC Bill 121) had its first reading on 5 November 2024, in the House of Commons. The ...

On Friday 6 December, members of the House of Lords will consider the importance of social cohesion and strong, supportive ...

The Great British Energy Bill seeks to establish Great British Energy, as a publicly owned and operationally independent ...

MPs celebrate 25 years of the House of Commons parallel Chamber. This Saturday marks the 25 th anniversary of the first ...

The average age at which women have children has been increasing since the middle of the 1970s. There is a tendency to think of this as a modern phenomenon associated with the rise of family planning, ...

The social make-up of those elected to the House of Commons has changed over the last 100 years. In terms of gender, ethnicity and occupation, MPs have become more diverse. But they have become less ...

The problem of poverty caused growing public concern during the early 19th century. The existing system for looking after those unable to care for themselves - the old, sick, disabled, orphans and ...

During the first two decades of the 20th century the police in England and Wales recorded an average of 90,000 indictable offences each year, a figure which increased to over 500,000 during the 1950s.

Until the early 17th century England and Scotland were two entirely independent kingdoms. This changed dramatically in 1603 on the death of Elizabeth I of England. Because the Queen had died unmarried ...

The positions of Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Ways and Means developed separately until they were combined in the mid-19th century. The terms are now used interchangeably. The Chairman of Ways and ...