The winter of 1666 found London deluged by a destitute population without homes or places of employment. The King, courted by ambitious speculators, planned a grand scheme to elevate a rebuilt London ...

The UK Parliament has two Houses that work on behalf of UK citizens to check and challenge the work of Government, make and shape effective laws, and debate/make decisions on the big issues of the day ...

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In 1820 the merchants of Britain's largest trading cities - London, Manchester and Glasgow - petitioned the House of Commons for the abolition of all duties, in other words, for 'free trade'. It led ...

Select committees work in both Houses. They check and report on areas ranging from the work of government departments to economic affairs. Select committees run inquiries on specific topics. The ...

The Lords Chamber is the most lavishly-decorated room in the Palace of Westminster. It has the grandest interior because it is where the three elements of Parliament (the Sovereign, the Lords and the ...

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This note confirms the appointment of Bessie Le Cras as Counting Agent for Nancy Astor in the Plymouth Sutton by-election of November 1919. The printed text allows for the possibility of a woman MP, ...

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Nobody set out to create Parliament. It developed naturally out of the daily political needs of the English King and his government. Nor did it develop continuously over time, but went through short ...