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Sixty years of life peers: how the Upper Chamber was transformed
The first 14 life peers were introduced in two special sessions ahead of the 1958 state opening...
Revealed: past women parliamentarians most admired by current MPs and peers
2018 marks 100 years since Parliament passed a law which allowed the first...
Kemi Badenoch interview: 'Lots of people felt bruised after the election.'
Just seven months after entering parliament, Kemi Badenoch has been handed a key role inside...
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Tory ideas factory: who will lead the intellectual fightback?
A handful of Conservative MP, mainly from the 2015 intake, could provide the intellectual fuel...
How do you bring down a prime minister like Theresa?
The recent ‘coup’ against Theresa May was doomed from the start. But could the plotters have...
Baroness Trumpington interview: Being very outspoken comes naturally to me
At the age of 95 – and nearly four decades after she first sat on the red benches – Lady...
What the hell's going on with 'Tory Glastonbury'?
The Conservatives are a party with a grassroots problem. The answer? A field in Berkshire,...
Getting cosy with Corbyn: how lobbyists are ‘doing Labour again’
The public affairs industry has been revolutionised by renewed corporate interest in Labour....
Sarah Wollaston interview: Politicians can do more to be respected
Cross-party action is needed to ease the pain of funding health services – and it’s time to take...
Vince Cable interview: I'm not signing up to be a caretaker
At the age of 74, Vince Cable is on the verge of securing the Liberal Democrat leadership. And...
Preet Gill interview: I feel like there’s a lot of responsibility on me
On 8 June Labour’s Preet Gill became the first woman Sikh MP. She talks about making history,...
'I need to find work' - what happens next for defeated MPs
Elections can be a cruel business, not just for MPs, but for their staff.
Election night guide: which seats to watch out for and when
Here are the top 16 constituencies that are worth staying up for.
Introducing the general election's most unconventional candidates
From the wild men of Ukip to Mr Fish Finger and Lord Buckethead.
30 MPs-in-waiting to watch out for in Westminster
Which new MPs are likely to have the biggest policy impact in the next Parliament?
Fifteen former MPs out to settle a score in the election
Some familiar names will be facing off against each other when the country goes to the polls...
Alastair Campbell interview: My tribalism is being fairly severely challenged
Tony Blair’s former communications supremo is as combative as ever as he battles to stop Brexit...
How the Hampstead Socialist lost out to the Islington Socialist
Hampstead used to be home of the Labour intelligentsia, but Islington appears to have wrested...
Dan Jarvis interview: There’s nothing progressive about ignoring the concerns of voters
After the intense media storm over his leadership challenge that never was, Dan Jarvis has kept...
Yvette Cooper interview: Labour can make a progressive argument for ending free movement
Her husband may have sparkled on the dance floor, but now Yvette Cooper is waltzing into...
Battling over Brexit and Heathrow: on the campaign trail in Richmond Park
Zac Goldsmith is determined that next week’s by-election be a referendum on airport expansion....
John Major interview: I didn’t anticipate Maastricht was going to be controversial
After a bruising EU referendum campaign, and a summer out of the spotlight, former prime...
Alex Salmond interview: I hit the referendum button. Why would Nicola Sturgeon be reluctant?
The SNP’s elder statesman talks to Mark Leftly about Brexit, boundary changes and why he...
Margaret Hodge interview: Corbyn and his clique will never win power
The former chair of the public accounts committee discusses five years of fighting for taxpayers...