Andy Burnham was absolutely right to say he would fix our broken social care system, but he was wrong to argue that this ...
Jeremy Clarkson turned up at the Conservative conference in Birmingham earlier this month and said he could see no reason to start a business in Andy Burnham‘s Britain. He is a broadcaster rather than ...
The prime minister is the head of the government of the United Kingdom. By constitutional convention, the prime minister is the individual best placed to command the confidence (majority support) of ...
Leeds Town Hall, Leeds, West Yorkshire. Local government in England provides a range of public services and is structured primarily through either a one-tier or two-tier system. The one-tier system ...
On 19 March 1649, the revolutionary Rump Parliament passed legislation to abolish the House of Lords. The move came seven weeks after the execution of King Charles I and was a key step in the ...
Alan Mak is the Conservative MP for Havant, having first been elected to parliament at the 2015 general election. In the 2024 general election, Mak received 12,986 votes, representing 30.8% of the ...
On 8 August 1980, the Housing Act received royal assent, enacting the “right to buy’’ for council house tenants – one of the flagship policies of Margaret Thatcher’s first Conservative government. The ...
Sir Edward Leigh is the Conservative MP for Gainsborough, and was first elected to Parliament for the predecessor seat of Gainsborough and Horncastle at the 1983 general election. Following the 2024 ...
On 29 December 1975, new legislation introducing a woman’s right to equal pay and status in the workplace and in society came into force. The implementation of the Sex Discrimination Act and the Equal ...
Cabinet committees are sub-groups of the main UK cabinet, appointed by the prime minister to consider specific areas of government policy. They are a forum where the detailed work of government can be ...
Andy Burnham is the prime minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the Labour and Co-operative Party MP for Makerfield, having returned to parliament at a by-election ...
Brendan O’Hara is the Scottish National Party (SNP) MP for Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber, and was first elected to parliament at the 2015 general election for the predecessor constituency of Argyll ...