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The UK does not have a written constitution so how can we tell if the government is right or wrong on this point?
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend the parliament at a crucial time for Brexit negotiations may stymie his opponents.
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Proroguing the parliament for five weeks at a crucial time may prove to be a masterstroke in ensuring a no-deal Brexit.
Lock the doors?
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Parliaments have been prorogued before – and revolution has ensued.
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MPs are calling it an attack on democracy, the government insists it’s no big deal. Who is right in the battle for Brexit?
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The Labour leader wants to call a vote of no confidence, form a short-term government and then quickly call an election. Can it be done?
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If MPs aren’t sitting in parliament to block no-deal Brexit, can it go ahead anyway?
Cummings giving evidence to a committee.
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The man who led Vote Leave now has the ear of the UK’s prime minister.
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John Major was right – it didn’t end well for the 17th-century king, who ignored parliament and lost his head.
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The speed is about to pick up as the field narrows.
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New laws were supposed to protect people from living in unsafe conditions – but in the eyes of a judge, property guardians might not even count as ‘tenants’.
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As MPs flounder over Brexit, rain is leaking into the House of Commons. Was there ever a more fitting time to discuss what this building is for and what it should look like?
Keir Starmer, Jeremy Corbyn and Rebecca Long-Bailey prepare for Brexit talks.
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After the initial relief that the party leaders were working together comes the realisation that they both risk splitting their parties if they strike a deal.
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One wrong turn after another has left the British prime minister cornered.
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After a full day with her top team, the prime minister says she wants to thrash out a deal that both she and the opposition can live with.
MPs accused Theresa May of leading them towards a ‘blind Brexit’.
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The prime minister asked MPs to support her withdrawal agreement, leaving the future relationship for later. Her plan backfired.
MPs voted on a series of Brexit options.
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MPs were never expected to produce a concrete decision in their first round of indicative votes. There is some material to work with now.
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The prime minister has told her MPs that if they back her deal, she will leave office before the next stage of the Brexit process begins.
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MPs have seized control of the House of Commons agenda and will vote on a series of options for Brexit.
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E-petitions are an important democratic tool but they need to be part of something bigger to really change things.
The UK will leave the EU on 29 March unless the UK government requests an extension to Article 50.
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UK parliamentary rules state that an amendment ‘which is the same, in substance’ as an issue that has already been voted on, cannot be proposed again in parliament.