The UK Parliament has two Houses that work on behalf of UK citizens to check and challenge the work of Government, make and shape effective laws, and debate/make decisions on the big issues of the day ...

“Our inquiry has raised fundamental concerns that apprenticeships and training programmes are not meeting the UK’s future skills needs. We also found that the lack of opportunities for young people ...

The 2024-25 session began with the State Opening of Parliament on 17 July 2024. The exact pattern of recesses can change and is normally slightly different for the two Houses.

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) ...

Steeped in history and nestled in the heart of London, the Palace of Westminster stands as a timeless emblem of tradition and modernity. Comprising both the House of Commons and the House of Lords, we ...

The possibility of a union between Great Britain and Ireland had been discussed since the mid-seventeenth century but the rebellion of 1798 threw the issue into focus and, combined with a threat of ...

Life in 1908, it would appear, was cheap to live: you could enjoy a pint of bitter in the pub for a penny, travel from Birmingham to London for 20p, and see the opening day of the 1908 Games from as ...

Negative procedure is a type of parliamentary procedure that applies to statutory instruments (SIs). Its name describes the form of scrutiny that the SI receives from Parliament. An SI laid under the ...

The Lord Speaker's committee on the size of the House of Lords has recommended the House be reduced to 600 Members, and its size capped at that number, in a move that would - for the first time in ...

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The ceremony today begins with an announcement, on behalf of the King, read in the House of Lords by the Leader of the House. The announcement states, ‘My Lords, it not being convenient for His ...

The Life Peerages Act 1958 introduced more people from different professions, and more women. Before the Act, the House of Lords had been made up exclusively of hereditary Peers. A life Peer cannot ...