New Defence Secretary installed in ‘House of Cards’ reshuffle
Theresa May was under pressure to promote fresh faces who might be considered for the highest office.
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A water leak brought the House of Commons to an early close this afternoon. But at the other end of Parliament, the House of Lords is set to sit far into the night as pro Brexit Lords attempt to hold up progress on a bill that would force the Government to delay Brexit. A cross party group of…
If Brexit is all about taking back control, MPs appear to have finally taken it to heart. Tory rebels joined the opposition to defeat Theresa May for the second time in 24 hours after a key decision by the Speaker of the House.
In the face of a barrage of accusations that he wasn’t the right person to lead a House of Commons free of bullying and harassment, the Speaker John Bercow remains in place, at least for now.
An inquiry into workplace behaviour in the House of Commons has said a culture of “deference and silence” has enabled bullying and sexual harassment to take place.
Jeremy Corbyn said a Labour government would “immediately purchase 8,000 properties across the country” to house homeless people. The policy has been effective in other countries, but Labour’s numbers are less convincing.
Theresa May was under pressure to promote fresh faces who might be considered for the highest office.
The number of workless households rose by about 7 per cent under Labour, not 100 per cent as the Prime Minister said today. David Cameron was called out for making the same mistake three years ago.
We’ve updated this article since it was originally published on 16 June 2017. We’re grateful for input from Giles Peaker, who is a solicitor specialising in housing law. Housing safety standards have come into sharp focus since last week’s devastating fire in west London that left at least 79 people dead or presumed dead, and…
Something very big has started and the chances of it being stopped are about nil. The chances of it being substantially refined from the Theresa May plan in any way that Remain supporters would like looks pretty remote too.
Politicians from across the political divide pay an emotional tribute to Labour MP Jo Cox, who was killed in her constituency last week.
The Government has no idea whether any houses have been built on public land sold off to housing developers since 2011, according to a damning report from the cross-party public accounts committee.
Lord Sewel requests a leave of absence from the House of Lords until investigations into newspaper footage, that appeared to show the peer taking drugs with prostitutes, are complete.
Police stop disability rights protesters from entering the Commons chamber during prime minister’s questions in a noisy demonstration against the end of the independent living fund.
The claim is that Jack Straw and Sir Malcolm Rifkind were happy to use their influence for personal gain. But this would not be the first time that MPs have traded their status in return for money.
Constitutional reform proposals are flooding out of No. 10 (without much consultation it seems) in the wake of the Scottish referendum. So is now the time for much needed House of Lords reform?