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More than 30 bills expected as Labour government sets out its legislative agenda for this session of parliament

Sir Lindsay Hoyle was forced to apologise in March over his handling of a vote on Gaza, which led to chaotic scenes in the Commons but said he had acted with good intentions after threats to MPs

As Labour announced a series of measures to ease the overcrowding crisis facing UK jails, Suella Braverman said the Tories needed to ‘take responsibility’

One of the defining features of contemporary electoral politics in Britain is the age divide. Young people are far more likely to support Labour, and older people to support the Conservatives. This divide is still apparent following the 2024 election – but it hides the complexity of how young people…

The 2024 UK election campaign was dominated by discussion of the polls, from start to finish. This was partially because of the sheer volume of polls being published. We had more MRP (multi-level regression post-stratification) polls than ever before, many giving quite different pictures of the size of Labour’s lead.

Labour confirms it will release many prisoners 40 per cent of the way into their sentences instead of halfway through to ease overcrowding crisis

Hundreds of thousands of homeowners would have been forced to pay an average of £240 more a month in mortgage bills

I’m drafting this, laptop on my knees, perching on a green leather bench in a Victorian Gothic corridor — a day in the life of a brand-new MP is chaotic, romantic and utterly surreal. They say a week is a long time in politics and for me this has been…

A FORMER Labour government adviser has claimed that independence is “deferred rather than defeated” after the results of the General Election…