The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill would allow adults who have mental capacity, are terminally ill and are in the ...

In the 19th century landlords exercised unrestricted control over their tenant farmers. They controlled the way that land was used for agricultural purposes, and had the power to evict tenants. During ...

Tally sticks were a form of receipt for government income which originated in the middle ages. Tallies were regularly destroyed over the centuries by the Exchequer which had offices in the Palace of ...

The London 2012 Games begin in a little over two years' time. The claimed legacy benefits of hosting the Games were at the heart of London's original bid and, following the bid's success, the previous ...

At the time of London's first Olympics in 1908, the amount of money in circulation in the UK was tied to the amount of gold in the economy. The gold standard had prevailed for most of the previous two ...

The following year, the Redistribution of Seats Act redrew boundaries to make electoral districts equal. As a result of this Act, most areas returned only one Member to Parliament, although 23 seats, ...

In 1995 the Committee on Standards in Public Life (CSPL), chaired by Lord Nolan, affirmed: "A Parliament composed entirely of full-time professional politicians would not serve the best interests of ...

These documents mark a major step along the journey to women's suffrage. They are the notice of formation and the inaugural minutes of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies of November 1897 ...

Only in the spring of 1923 did the Parliament of Northern Ireland and the Oireachtas in Dublin start to function normally. The Westminster Parliament now governed the United Kingdom of Great Britain ...

The ceremony today begins with an announcement, on behalf of the King, read in the House of Lords by the Leader of the House. The announcement states, ‘My Lords, it not being convenient for His ...

A long-running campaign in the 1920s by the National Council for the Unmarried Mother and her Child (founded in 1918) resulted in the passage of the Legitimacy Act in 1926. This enabled children to be ...

Orders in Council are made by the King acting on the advice of the Privy Council and are approved in person by the monarch. Some, like those that transfer functions between Ministers of the Crown, are ...