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If you think Brexit will be the issue that brings elections to the upper chamber, think again.
Despite pages and pages of proposed amendments, not a single one was passed.
The past year has seen more parliamentarians take the ‘Chiltern Hundreds’ than at any time since the 1970s.
Does the holder of the key have the right to lock the door on the leader of the free world?
After all the build up, you’d have been forgiven for expecting something a bit more impressive from parliament’s debate on triggering Article 50.
A century before the modern environmental era, experts realized that London’s dirty air was corroding its new Parliament building. This insight led to some of the first air pollution laws.
It’s only two lines long, but this piece of parliamentary business could cause a lot of trouble.
Great expectations or much ado about nothing?
Downsizing a whole chamber of parliament is a tricky move.
Under the Tudors, parliamentary sovereignty became paramount.
An MP’s attempt to block a bill to address violence against women was utterly misguided – here’s why.
We know there has to be an act of parliament but there’s all to play for when it comes to what’s actually in it.
MPs have finally got their debate on Brexit negotiations, but it’s the select committee that we should really be keeping an eye on.
Accepting re-election as party leader, Jeremy Corbyn appealed for a fresh start. But he hasn’t yet shown what that means in practice.
Changing boundaries is tough on Labour but fairer for voters.
A parliamentary committee says all MPs and peers should clear out of the national parliament so that major repairs can take place. But it’s not just the building that needs attention.
Party leader Angus Robertson thinks his party should trump Labour, since Jeremy Corbyn no longer commands the confidence of his MPs.
The popular Labour MP died serving her local constituents at her surgery – a vital part of any MP’s job.
It’s not the bell that needs attention, it’s the Elizabeth Tower that houses it and the Great Clock that makes it chime.
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