Header image for the UK Parliament topic page

UK Parliament

All the latest news and updates from UK Parliament, where the Government is scrutinised, laws are made or changed, and debates are held. The Houses of Parliament are located in Westminster, London, and consist of two houses: the House of Commons (where MPs sit) and House of Lords.

MORE STORIES: Page 2

CAIRO, EGYPT - SEPTEMBER 23: The British-Egyptian activist and blogger Alaa Abd El-Fattah and his mother, Laila Soueif, are at his home after his release on September 23, 2025 in Cairo, Egypt. Alaa Abd el-Fattah, (also spelled Alaa Abdel Fattah) a British-Egyptian writer and pro-democracy activist who has spent more than 10 years as a political prisoner in Egypt, was pardoned by Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Monday. (Photo by Sayed Hassan/Getty Images)

Tears stream down mum's face as she hugs son freed after 10 years in jail for protesting

Channel: World World September 23, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
Oliver Steadman (Picture: Islington Council)

Man charged with blackmail over alleged Westminster 'honey trap' plot

Channel: Politics Politics September 17, 2025 By Craig Munro
Play Video Supporters of assisted dying gather in Parliament Square to demonstrate their support for assisted dying as Kim Leadbeater MP's Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

What is the Assisted Dying Bill debate and what will happen next?

Channel: UK UK September 12, 2025 By Craig Munro
TOPSHOT - An Emergency Alert is shown on the screens of smart phones of spectators during the third One Day International (ODI) cricket match between England and South Africa at the Utilita Bowl cricket ground, in Southampton, on the south coast of England on September 7, 2025. Tens of millions of mobile phones across the UK blared a siren sound at the same time on Sunday as part of government efforts to better prepare for national emergencies. The nationwide test comes as officials seek to strengthen the country's resilience amid more frequent extreme weather events and concerns around Russia's war in Ukraine. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Brits despair as nationwide emergency alert fails to go off for thousands

Channel: UK UK September 7, 2025 By Barney Davis
FILE: Angela Rayner Resigns From Government LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 22: Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner prepares to address delegates during the Labour Party Conference 2024 at ACC Liverpool on September 22, 2024 in Liverpool, England. This is Labour's first conference since they were returned as the governing party of The UK and Northern Ireland by voters in the July election, ending 14 years of Conservative rule. They won with a landslide majority of 172 seats, and 412 in total. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Who has replaced Angela Rayner as Deputy PM? Labour reshuffle explained

Channel: UK UK September 8, 2025 By Josh Layton
Keir Starmer smiles while waving a Union Jack flag

Labour's Union Jack tablecloths won’t save Britain from the far-right

Channel: Politics Politics September 3, 2025 By Bill Curtis
An image showing pigeons and rats over Westminster.

Thousands of mice, rats and birds have plagued Parliament for the last five years

Channel: UK UK August 20, 2025 By Luke Alsford
Play Video Miles Pickering wearing the T-shirt he was arrested in at the Palestine Action protest in Trafalgar Square. The shirt reads Plasticine Action . After being released without charge he is printing T-shirts which people are buying around the country and are now being stopped by police also ***Pic by David McHugh /Brighton Pictures 07768 721637***

Man arrested at pro-Palestine protest after police misread 'Plasticine Action' T-shirt

Channel: UK UK August 19, 2025 By Luke Alsford
Homelessness minister Rushanara Ali posing in a London street with her arms folded.

MPs being landlords would be comical if it wasn't so offensive

Channel: Politics Politics August 11, 2025 By Bill Curtis
Mark Sewards and his AI avatar

We chatted with the UK's first AI MP and it said something very unexpected

Channel: Politics Politics August 7, 2025 By Craig Munro
Play Video File photo dated 18/8/2022 of Jeremy Corbyn (second left) and Zarah Sultana, MP for Coventry South (second right) on the picket line outside London Euston train station. Sultana has said that she is resigning from the Labour Party to "co-lead the founding of a new party" with Jeremy Corbyn. Ms Sultana, who has sat in the Commons as an independent MP since she had the Labour whip withdrawn last year, represents the Coventry South constituency. Issue date: Thursday July 3, 2025. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Jeremy Corbyn confirms launch of new party - but people are confused already

Channel: Politics Politics July 24, 2025 By Craig Munro
Screen grab of Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch speaking during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London. Picture date: Wednesday July 16, 2025. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire

Does anyone know anything at all about the Tories in the shadow cabinet? Try our quiz

Channel: Politics Politics July 22, 2025 By Craig Munro
Metropolitan Police officers remove people from a protest in support of Palestine Action, organised by the Defend Our Juries group, in front of the Mahatma Gandhii statue in Parliament Square, central London. Picture date: Saturday July 5, 2025. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Jeff Moore/PA Wire

Palestine Action supporters arrested after defying terror ban with protest

Channel: UK UK July 5, 2025 By Josh Layton
Play Video epa12173008 Pro-assisted dying campaigners hold placards during protests in favour and against the assisted dying bill, in Parliament Square, London, Britain, 13 June 2025. British MPs are set to further debate and vote amendments to the assisted dying bill, which would give some terminally ill adults the right to end their lives, in the Houses of Commons on 13 June 2025. EPA/TOLGA AKMEN

Assisted dying takes huge step towards becoming law after MPs vote to back bill

Channel: Politics Politics June 20, 2025 By Craig Munro
Mandatory Credit: Photo by WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto/Shutterstock (15355863r) LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 13, 2025: Supporters of assisted dying gather in Parliament Square to demonstrate their support for assisted dying as Kim Leadbeater MP's Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill reaches the second day of Report Stage debate and vote in the House of Commons in London, United Kingdom on June 13, 2025. Protests For And Against Assisted Dying Bill In London, United Kingdom - 13 Jun 2025

MP leading push for assisted dying 'confident' historic vote will pass

Channel: Politics Politics June 19, 2025 By Craig Munro
Play Video Mandatory Credit: Photo by Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock (15304459p) Protesters opposed to the Assisted Dying Bill gather outside the parliament as MPs debate changes to the bill. Protest Against The Assisted Dying Bill, London, England, United Kingdom - 16 May 2025

What are the changes to the Assisted Dying bill and how will MPs vote?

Channel: UK UK September 12, 2025 By Katie Boyden
Play Video LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 16: Campaigners in Parliament Square in favour of the proposed bill to legalise assisted dying, on October 16, 2024 in London, England. The 'Terminally Ill Adult (End of Life) Bill' seeks to help terminally ill people with six to 12 months left to live to end their lives legally. As a safeguarding measure, it proposes that a judge and two doctors would need to sign off on a patient's request for an assisted death. A recent poll showed a majority of the public would support assisted deaths for the terminally ill. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

What is the new assisted dying bill and who will qualify?

Channel: UK UK May 16, 2025 By Katie Boyden
Scotland's National Piper Louise Marshall playing a lament to the fallen at dawn on Portobello Beach in Edinburgh, overlooking the Firth of Forth on the 80th anniversary of VE Day. Picture date: Thursday May 8, 2025. PA Photo. See PA story MEMORIAL VEDay. Photo credit should read: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

I’m proud to be British - and I’m not embarrassed to admit it

Channel: UK UK May 8, 2025 By Pablo O'Hana
Runcorn and Helsby By-election: Count and Declaration

Reform’s local election success could usher in Britain’s sinister far-right future

Channel: Politics Politics May 2, 2025 By Sharan Dhaliwal

A British man has been kept in a Dubai jail for 17 years and we need answers

Channel: UK UK April 29, 2025 By Sarah Hooper