The opinions in Politics.co.uk's Comment section are those of the author. The Conservative Party “will never” risk economic stability with unfunded tax cuts like those in Liz Truss’ mini-budget, the ...

When was the death penalty abolished in the UK? Capital punishment is the use of the death penalty by the state. It was first introduced in the UK in the 1500s, with eight capital crimes being ...

Jeremy Corbyn was first elected as the Labour MP for Islington North in 1983, being reelected in 2019 with a majority of 26,188. He served as Leader of the Labour Party between 2015 and 2020. Having ...

Do the public support the monarchy? The argument that the UK should abolish the monarchy and become a republic remains at the fringes of mainstream political debate. The British monarchy as an ...

The opinions in Politics.co.uk's Comment section are those of the author. Another week, another to-camera video courtesy of Robert Jenrick. Last week, the onetime Conservative leadership candidate’s ...

The opinions in Politics.co.uk's Comment section are those of the author. “The Blob”, that perennial spectre of Conservative party governance, takes its name from a 1950s B-Movie about an unstoppable ...

Thirty years ago today, a convoy of between 500 and 600 new age travellers left a campsite they'd illegally occupied on the Earl of Cardigan's land. They were heading towards Stonehenge for an ...

Change is coming to Westminster, no matter the outcome of the next election. Whether it’s a landslide Labour victory or a shock Sunak comeback, a new crop of aspirant MPs will be marching to ...

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Sir Tony Blair served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from 1997 to 2007. He is the only Labour leader in the party’s 100-year history to win three ...

Prime Minister’s Questions (widely known as PMQs) is the set-piece of the Parliamentary week. The Prime Minister comes to the House of Commons at noon every Wednesday when Parliament is sitting and ...

Members of Parliament and Peers appointed by the Prime Minister to the Government are known as Ministers of the Crown. After the Prime Minister, the next most senior Ministerial rank is that of ...