Magna Carta is Latin for ‘great charter' and the term was first used in 1217 to distinguish it from the Charter of the Forest, a document that also set out limits on the king's administration, this ...

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Charles Bradlaugh (1833 – 1891) was a Liberal MP for Northampton. He was an atheist and political activist, and founded the National Secular Society in 1866. When he came to the House of Commons as a ...

“There is not a single river in the country that is not polluted”, Feargal tells Toby. He believes “a combination of colossal almighty failure of regulation and oversight” are responsible for an ...

Questions, bills and debates: discover questions, debates and legislation in the House of Lords ...

Here is an overview of debates scheduled in the Commons Chamber over the coming week. This business was announced in the Commons Chamber by the Leader of the House of Commons, Lucy Powell on Thursday ...

In the 1890s Stone's reputation as a photographer led him to travel the world. During this time he travelled with the Royal Astronomical Society to Brazil and also visited the West Indies, South ...

Members of the House of Lords examine the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill at committee stage on Thursday 26.

This is the 26th edition of the Companion to the Standing Orders of the House of Lords since Sir John Shaw-Lefevre, then Clerk of the Parliaments, compiled the first edition in 1862. The Companion is ...

Speakers and Presiding officers from across the Commonwealth pledged to strive for ‘a world that is free of strife, war and inequality’ by 2049 - after they celebrated the organisation’s 75 th ...

Reflecting on the Independent Water Commission, headed up by Sir Jon Cunliffe, which two weeks ago published its interim ...