A minority government is a government formed by a political party that does not have an overall majority of MPs in the House of Commons. A party may decide to govern alone - rather than form a ...

The Speaker of the House of Commons visited Qatar from the 16 to 18 September to strengthen ties between the two Parliaments.

Central Lobby is the core of the Palace of Westminster and was designed by Charles Barry as a meeting place for Members of both Houses, and where MPs can meet their constituents. It is a lofty stone ...

Within 30 years of Charles II's restoration to the throne in 1660, England was once again on the verge of civil war. In 1688 the country was invaded by a foreign army and its King fled, as the Crown ...

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The Budget Speech had left an impression that the government's position was under threat as the opposition and the Lords manoeuvred to destroy the Finance Bill that was drawn from the budget proposals ...

Officially titled "An Act for the better prevention of Corrupt and Illegal Practices at Parliamentary Elections", the Corrupt and Illegal Practices Act (1883) criminalised attempts to bribe voters, ...

This dual system of elementary education was uneven in administrative terms, and voluntary schools were often at a financial disadvantage since they were funded not from the local rates but by direct ...

Relations between the American colonists and the British government came to a head after the British success against France in the Seven Years War of 1756-63. It was an expensive war and the French ...

Simon De Montfort's Parliament was the first instance of a parliament in which representatives from towns and the shires were summoned together to discuss matters of national concern. This Parliament ...

UK Parliament manages your data in line with our responsibilities under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), as supplemented by the Data Protection ...

1. Make sure you have read through our ways to engage with Parliament page, which outlines all the ways that you could approach and work with different parts of Parliament. You might also like to ...