TV cameras broadcasting from the House of Lords chamber. Proceedings were televised on BBC1 and BBC2 for the first time on 23 ...
The Independent Expert Panel (IEP) has today (21 January) published its decision (pdf, 305KB) dismissing an appeal by Colonel ...
Members discuss proposed changes on legislation to implement new rates announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The House of Lords marks a new milestone next week with the 40th anniversary of TV cameras broadcasting from the Second Chamber. On 23 January 1985, its proceedings were televised for the first time.
If the Elizabeth Tower had not been urgently conserved, there was a risk that the clock mechanism might fail or that the building will become too costly or difficult to repair. Completed in 1859, the ...
Within a year of Great Britain declaring war on Germany in August 1914, it had become obvious that it was not possible to continue fighting by relying on voluntary recruits. Lord Kitchener's campaign ...
Women who held property of any kind were required to give up all rights to it to their husbands on marriage. However, a long-running campaign by various women's groups led in 1870 to the Married Women ...
The Defence Committee is today (Wednesday 22 January) publishing a letter to the Secretary of State for Defence, the Rt Hon. John Healey, regarding Harland & Wolff’s announcement that it intends to ...
With the return to peace at the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 military expenditure was heavily reduced. As a result the regular army was gradually slimmed down from 230,000 men to 91,000 by 1838.
The Defence Committee is today (Wednesday 22 January) publishing a letter to the Secretary of State for Defence, the Rt Hon. John Healey, regarding Harland & Wolff’s announcement that it intends to ...
The Independent Expert Panel (IEP) has today (21 January) published its decision dismissing an appeal by Colonel Bob Stewart 21 January 2025 New inquiry: Forced Labour in UK Supply Chains The inquiry ...