BBC Scotland has been pushed on why it does not show more content from the Scottish Parliament – given that the BBC Scotland channel shows ...

Rishi Sunak, former UK prime minister, has been appointed to academic roles at the University of Oxford and Stanford ...

The Leader of the Government in the House of Commons is responsible for co-ordinating the Government’s day-to-day business in the House and managing the overall legislative agenda of the Government.

“UK gilt markets continue to function in an orderly way,” Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones told the House of Commons on Thursday, responding to a so-called urgent question posed by ...

Hayley Valentine said she would "love" for the games to be shown on terrestrial TV and that "there are live discussions going on". But she warned that "these things are not cheap".

As for the near future, Canada's Liberal Party holds 153 out of 338 seats in the House of Commons. National elections are scheduled for October but may occur as early as late spring. Steve Benen ...

Inter-Parliamentary relations, peace and education - a focus for a historic visit from House of Commons Speaker to Qatar The Speaker of the House of Commons visited Qatar from the 16 to 18 September ...

The Speaker is perhaps best known as the person who keeps order and calls MPs to speak during Commons debates. The Speaker calls MPs ... full authority to make sure MPs follow the rules of the House ...

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The Conservatives plan to have the standing committee on public accounts consider a non-confidence motion in early January and later move it to the House of Commons. If all goes according to the ...

A massive house explosion at a house in Yeadon has left one person seriously injured. The explosion rocked Marshall Street in Yeadon just after 10.30pm on Wednesday 1 January and could be heard for ...

Amid memorial events for the 39th president, the new Congress will be sworn in and the House must pick its next Speaker. How the mid-December government funding fight will shape that election is ...