The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill [Bill 009 of 2024-25] was introduced in the House of Commons on 12 September 2024 ...

The Renters’ Rights Bill [Bill 008 of 2024-25] was introduced in the House of Commons on 11 September 2024. The bill’s second ...

Members of the House of Lords begin their detailed examination of Crown Estate Bill, in committee stage on Monday 14 October.

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 removal of James II by the protestant William of Orange in 1688 – the Glorious Revolution – changed matters. The resumption of war with Catholic France in the 1690s meant that British Catholics ...

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Even mill-owners were beginning to speak up for improved conditions. A strong humanitarian campaign had grown outside Parliament, championed by the MPs Anthony Ashley-Cooper (later the 7th Earl of ...

In 1918 Parliament passed the Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act which allowed women to become MPs for the first time. It was a very short Act, only one page long, stating simply that women were ...

Magna Carta is significant because it is a statement of law that applied to the kings as well as to his subjects. Although the idea of England as a community with a law of the land independent of the ...

The King leaves Buckingham Palace in a procession that makes its way through the streets to the Houses of Parliament. The King then arrives at Sovereign's Entrance. When the King is seated upon the ...