MPs are failing to settle their bar bills after wining and dining in the Commons, it has been revealed. Some have run up bills of hundreds of pound...

MPs can breathe a sigh of relief - the parliamentary chefs have not been serving them horse meat. And the canteens serving embattled environment Se...

So we have received the news that Richard III fans have been waiting for. The skeletal remains found last year in Greyfriars car park in my Leicester South constituency are indeed those of Richard III, the last Plantagenet King of England.

Antiquated as it is, parliament is sometimes liable to the odd structural mishap. In one such case, Labour MP Ben Bradshaw's office is experiencing a ...

Scenes in Hollywood blockbusters could be filmed inside Big Ben’s clock tower under plans to save parliament money. The Palace of Westminster hop...

Unlike Cameron - unlike any other Conservative in the last 15 years - the Mayor of London is a winner. To get elected once in a Labour-leaning city is no mean feat. To do so twice is a very impressive achievement indeed (as is not totally cocking the job up in between).

Parliament could be relocated for up to five years whilst essential repairs are made, according to commons officials. Whilst Westminster's rotten p...

Like many people, my instincts favour reform, but in practice I think that the House of Lords is currently doing a rather better job than the House of Commons, and any reforms are likely to weaken its ability to hold the Commons to account.

Sinn Fein MP for Mid Ulster Martin McGuinness is to resign his seat in the House of Commons, forcing a by-election, as part of a shake-up to end Sinn ...

So, we're in a recession, we have high unemployment, our neighbours in Europe are in a crisis that seemingly has no end, in Syria men, women and children are being raped and murdered, so what our parliamentarians need to spend their time doing is renaming the clock tower at the Palace of Westminster.

Her Majesty is not known to like public speaking, but sees it as a duty that she must perform. The government of the day writes the words of Her Majesty's speech, and as 'head' of the government she simply reads them - regardless of whether she agrees with the finer details.

MPs are seeking to block new rules that could see them punished for indiscretions in their private lives. A revised Code of Conduct being considere...

A parliamentary bar has reacted after a beer deemed to be "sexist" was pulled from its taps by installing a new flavour - Kangaroo Court. The Stran...