The summer of 1940 saw the Battle of Britain, the aerial conflict between the Royal Air Force and the German Luftwaffe, reach its apex. When in this speech Churchill stated 'Never in the field of ...

The English legal system, and that of the United States and many other countries, largely developed in Westminster Hall. For almost seven centuries, the Hall was at the very centre of that system. Of ...

Clement Attlee became the first Labour Prime Minister after the Second World War. Attlee was called to the Bar in 1906, and lectured at the London School of Economics until the outbreak of World War ...

Take a look at business in the House of Lords from 13-17 July 2026.

The MP for Hull, William Wilberforce, had met the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade and, with the encouragement of William Pitt, the Prime Minister, agreed to raise their cause in ...

Steel Industry Bill has its third reading, a chance for members to make sure the eventual law is effective, workable and without loopholes on Monday 13 July.

Here we look at the relationship between the two independent kingdoms of England and Scotland in the 16th and 17th centuries. We explore the critical period leading up to the passing of Acts of Union ...

Prisons Minister James Timpson, Lord Timpson, speaks to Lord Forysth of Drumlean about fostering, business leadership and prison reform in the latest episode of Lord Speaker’s Corner. Watch or listen ...

Eve Samson has today been named as the 53rd Clerk of the House of Commons, following approval from The King. The recruitment ...

Public Accounts Committee launches twelve new inquiries ...

The business for the coming week was announced in the Commons Chamber by the Leader of the House of Commons, Sir Alan Campbell MP, on Thursday 2 July. Any changes made to the schedule of business ...

Only four original copies of Magna Carta survive. Two are kept in the British Library (one of which was badly damaged by fire in 1731), one in Salisbury cathedral, and one in Lincoln castle. They were ...