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All the latest news and updates from UK Parliament, where the Government is scrutinised, laws are made or changed, and debates are held. The Houses of Parliament are located in Westminster, London, and consist of two houses: the House of Commons (where MPs sit) and House of Lords.

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We asked ChatGPT to come up with GCSE exam paper questions - here are the results

Channel: Tech Tech December 11, 2024 By Jen Mills
Sarah Olney?s motion backing proportional representation (Picture: UK Parliament)

How MPs 'accidentally' backed changing the way the UK votes

Channel: Politics Politics December 4, 2024 By Craig Munro

A British man has been kept in a Dubai jail for 16 years and we need answers

Channel: UK UK December 2, 2024 By Sarah Hooper
TOPSHOT - Palestinians return to Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip after Israeli shelling of the camp stopped on November 29, 2024, amid the ongoing war in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP) (Photo by EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images)

UK sends £19,000,000 to tackle 'catastrophic' situation in Gaza

Channel: World World December 3, 2024 By Sarah Hooper

Elon Musk is 'preparing' to donate £78,000,000 to help support Nigel Farage

Channel: UK UK December 1, 2024 By Sarah Hooper
Behind the doors of this stately townhouse lived Britain's most powerful man . 48 Berkeley Square

Inside the £6,500,000 stately townhouse where Britain's most powerful man grew up

Channel: Property Property November 26, 2024 By Eleanor Noyce

Russia 'already at war with UK', expert says, with Nato set to discuss cyber threat

Channel: World World November 25, 2024 By Sarah Hooper

More than 2,000,000 sign petition for new General Election just months after the last one

Channel: Politics Politics November 25, 2024 By Sarah Hooper
Police activity outside the Houses of Parliament after a 34-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon in a public place after reports of someone carrying knives outside the Parliament building. Picture date: Tuesday November 12, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story POLICE Parliament . Photo credit should read: Nicholas Lester/PA Wire

Samurai sword-wielding man arrested outside Parliament 'wanted to meet Boris Johnson'

Channel: UK UK November 14, 2024 By Noora Mykkanen
Labour MP Kim Leadbeater (centre) with Dignity in Dying campaigners as they gather in Parliament Square, central London, in support of the "assisted dying bill", a private members bill, described as offering choice at the end of life, which is due to be formally introduced to Parliament in the House of Commons today. Picture date: Wednesday October 16, 2024.

Thousands could sign up to assisted dying if bill passes, ex-justice secretary says

Channel: Politics Politics November 12, 2024 By Craig Munro
LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 16: Campaigners in Parliament Square in favour of the proposed bill to legalise assisted dying, on October 16, 2024 in London, England. The 'Terminally Ill Adult (End of Life) Bill' seeks to help terminally ill people with six to 12 months left to live to end their lives legally. As a safeguarding measure, it proposes that a judge and two doctors would need to sign off on a patient's request for an assisted death. A recent poll showed a majority of the public would support assisted deaths for the terminally ill. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

What is the new assisted dying bill and who will qualify?

Channel: UK UK November 29, 2024 By Tom Sanders
Pedestrians walk along the Southbank by the River Thames, with The Elizabeth Tower, commonly known by the name of the clock's bell "Big Ben", at the Palace of Westminster, home to the Houses of Parliament, in the background in central London, on January 24, 2024. In a tribute published by the Daily Telegraph on on January 23, 2024 British Conservative MP, Simon Clarke, called on the Tories to get rid of Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, or risk being "slaughtered" at the next election and seeing Labour installed for a decade. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP) (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images)

Former MP says eight colleagues told him they had considered suicide

Channel: Politics Politics November 12, 2024 By Craig Munro

Claws are out in Parliament as biggest political catfight gets underway

Channel: Politics Politics November 8, 2024 By Craig Munro
Play Video Screen grab of Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson speaking about tuition fees in the House of Commons, London. The Government has confirmed that university tuition fees will rise from April 2025. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said the changes were needed to secure universities' financial future. Picture date: Monday November 4, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story Politics Universities. Photo credit should read: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire

Why are university tuition fees increasing in 2025?

Channel: Politics Politics November 5, 2024 By Tom Sanders

Spirits boss warns customers could pay more for booze after Budget

Channel: Politics Politics October 31, 2024 By Craig Munro

Smokers are about to pay more for hand-rolling tobacco

Channel: Politics Politics October 30, 2024 By Sarah Hooper
Aaron Stuart Bell, Conservative MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme speaking to the media outside the Houses of Parliament in London. Picture date: Tuesday July 12, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Tories Support. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Former Tory MP reprimanded for 'brazen and drunken sexual misconduct in bar'

Channel: Politics Politics October 29, 2024 By Craig Munro
demonstrators, including Humanists UK's members and supporters, during a protest outside the Houses of Parliament in London to call for reform as peers debate the new assisted dying legislation.

All you need to know about the Assisted Dying Bill

Channel: UK UK November 12, 2024 By Tom Sanders
Protesters hold placards while campaigning for the reversal of the winter fuel payment cuts to pensioners, which is proposed by the British government, at Old Palace Yard, in London

State pension set to rise next year - here's how much more you will get

Channel: UK UK October 15, 2024 By Tom Sanders
A picture of a man in a suit over the top of a picture of the Houses of Parliament in Westminster

MPs suspended over sexual allegations still have access passes to Westminster

Channel: UK UK September 30, 2024 By Josh Layton

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