MPs are set to receive a pay rise of up to £20,000. The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) has been looking at an increase of be...

They may not quite be clad in black leather, astride a motorbike, but when it comes to MPs, the British public love a rebel. Even the most rogue MP...

The government's failure to include legislation that would allow voters to kick MPs out of parliament mid-term in the Queen's Speech is a "grave disap...

Despite Commons' bars and restaurants already being subsidised by £5.8 million of taxpayer's money, some MPs have called for even cheaper alcohol pri...

MPs are to pay tribute to Baroness Thatcher in a special session of Parliament following her death at the age of 87. David Cameron announced that t...

MPs have raised fears that the government's huge welfare shake-up actually leaves the system more open to benefit fraud. A report by the Communitie...

But in an era of continued cynicism about politicians, whose reputations nose-dived further after the MPs' expenses scandal of the last parliament, and at a time of falling participation in our democracy, Russell's book has a bigger objective than just trying to show politicians in a 'human' light.

Politicians' secret reading lists have been revealed in book requests made to the House of Commons Library, including 'Greekonomics' by Vicky Pryce, o...

Tests for horsemeat contamination have been stepped up again as the House of Commons catering outlets were dragged into the growing scandal. As the...

To enshrine a 2030 decarbonisation budget in law now would place very uncertain costs on the energy sector and on energy users, and may not be the most efficient way of reducing our emissions over the medium term.

There is one thing to be said for the Private Members' Bill to create a register of lobbyists which will be heard in Parliament tomorrow: at least it is being debated by MPs.

It's the kind of headline that could almost have you wondering whether you had one too many after all on New Year's Eve, and have just woken from a long and boozy slumber to find it's April Fool's Day already. Check the date - it's not 1 April, and these people mean it.

MPs have told the watchdog reviewing their pay that they deserve a 32% hike to £86,250, leading to accusations they are living in "cloud cuckoo land"...

The key in all this is to remember that it's not so called "challenging behaviour" it's actual challenging behaviour. My coccyx and fingers have been broken not "so called broken" but actually broken. Because that's what caring for someone with challenging behaviours is like. Not "so called" like, actually like.

The parliamentary expenses watchdog was being urged to let MPs claim for mortgage interest payments again months before the "double renting" controver...

The Tories have not given up hope of securing boundary changes that could boost their chances of victory in the next general election but have not off...

When the time comes to place an 'X' on our ballot paper, Babar Ahmad's face and the failure of the coalition government to stand up for British citizens should consecutively run through our minds.

Want to get elected to parliament in a marginal seat? Then you better look like an Abercrombie and Fitch model or your prettier opponent is going to c...

Those of us who campaign for the powerful to pay their taxes are delighted with the cross-party MPs' report because it sets out the shocking facts on tax and poverty with admirable clarity. It also calls on the Government to stop making excuses and get on with helping poor countries collect the taxes they're owed.

Who are our MPs? The proportion of Parliamentarians coming from manual occupations, for example, has steadily declined.

While the Westminster government's plans for gay marriage appear stuck in a consultation which could delay a Bill being introduced to Parliament for m...

MPs could have every Friday off under plans currently being considered. The move to a four-day week was one of the proposals suggested to the Commo...

Robin Cook once commented that reforming the House of Lords was like Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot - "(it) never arrives and some are rather doubtful whether it even exists".