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Lord Tony Woodley says people still being held on abolished Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences are subjected to miscarriages of justice.

Sarah Botham points out her peerage parent ‘always stated he would not be clocking in simply to get his allowance’

MPS have voted to abolish hereditary peers from the House of Lords, with a 362-vote majority in the House of Commons.

The Commons heard calls for the bishops to focus on matters in their ministries rather than on the running of the country.

Pete Wishart described Parliament’s second chamber as an ‘absurd embarrassment’.

The Home Office may have to refund tens of millions of pounds to people who were ‘unlawfully’ charged fees for checks in their visa applications

Two-thirds of the UK population are either overweight or obese – a crisis that costs billions each year in healthcare and lost productivity. Yet, in a 2021 review of nearly 700 obesity-related policies in England, researchers at the University of Cambridge found no evidence they had successfully reduced obesity. A…

Mr Welby said it was ‘very clear’ he must take responsibility and regretted the Church’s historic failures

Green party says PM’s target of 81% emissions cut at Cop climate summit is welcome but not enough