The Tory surveillance bill would make Putin proud
History shows that security services don’t always use their powers to protect the public
History shows that security services don’t always use their powers to protect the public
Being in the EU is valuable, no matter what deal is made for the benefit of Tory backbenchers
Should MPs be completely banned from having second jobs?
With a few possible exceptions
Is Ed Miliband right? Is it time we stopped MPs from having jobs outside parliament?
Continuing our series on historic women as part of Women’s History Month, Barbara Castle is profiled by Jack Straw, formerly her Special Adviser.
There is precious time left before Parliament is dissolved to debate these plans. We are now in a situation where all parties are agreed on the need for reform.
How should reformers greet the government’s proposals, leaked to the Telegraph last week, to abolish the House of Lords and replace it with an elected “Senate”?
When the Parliamentary Standards Bill was introduced, it contained a clause stating parliamentary privilege did not prevent evidence being admissible.
Following Jack Straw’s announcement that libel lawyers’ “success” fees would be cut by 90 per cent, campaigners for libel reform say it’s a big step forward.