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In the UK, parliament is the highest legislature, consisting of the Sovereign, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons.

Prime Minister's Questions (Part Two) | Are PMQs a waste of time?

10th September 2025
Prime Minister's Questions (Part One)

3rd September 2025
Will Labour usher in a new era for the House of Lords (Part Two)

16th April 2025
Will Labour usher in a new era for the House of Lords? (Part One)

2nd April 2025
Lords reform and the new Labour government

7th October 2024
Can the House of Lords act as an effective check on government?

6th March 2024
The case of Michelle Mone and House of Lords reform

18th December 2023
Record rebellion under Starmer

23rd November 2023
Excellent CPD and resources from UK Parliament Education

1st November 2023
House of Lords reform debate "reignited"

15th June 2023
Role of an MP

14th June 2023
A constitutional rarity

7th June 2023
House of Lords reform debated again

14th April 2023
Role of an MP: large number of independents in the Commons

12th April 2023
Select committees and role of Commons: case study

20th March 2023
Great podcast on Parliament and its representative function

16th March 2023
Immigration and small boats - a rich vein of examples

15th March 2023
Great academic article on Lords reform

8th March 2023
Sunak and a Tory rebellion over Northern Ireland

21st February 2023
"Mini" budget and role of backbenchers

4th October 2022
Anti-monarchy protests and the debate over free speech

14th September 2022
House of Lords - Controversy over the Early of Shrewsbury

31st August 2022
Free online CPD from UK Parliament

12th July 2022
Have events surrounding Johnson's resignation highlighted weaknesses in our part-codified constitution?

12th July 2022
Another look at PMQs

24th June 2022
Resources on the UK executive and legislature

27th May 2022
CPD opportunities on UK Parliament

18th May 2022
Excellent resource, full of stats on Parliament

28th April 2022
Partygate: to resign or not resign?

14th April 2022
Good video from Ch4 on the House of Lords

21st February 2022
House of Lords reform and the police bill

18th January 2022
Is Britain drifting towards some sort of Orwellian dystopia?

8th December 2021
Great article on Lords reform for class discussion

17th November 2021
Is reform of the House of Lords long overdue?

16th November 2021
Hear the one about the search for a Labour hereditary peer?

1st November 2021
Select committees not always successful in scrutiny role

26th October 2021
Is politics in Britain broken?

15th October 2021
The joint report on the government's response to covid: the effectiveness of select committees

13th October 2021
Teaching Activity: From the Source | Abolish the Lords?

Teaching Activities
Questioning the Effectiveness of the UK Parliament

28th August 2021
Which direction for the UK government's policies on civil liberties?

3rd August 2021
Electoral systems

1st August 2021
How the government faced down a backbench rebellion

14th July 2021
Excellent resource on UK politics - free!

20th April 2021
House of Lords on the front page this weekend

22nd March 2021
Why Brexit May Not Result in Brexit

16th June 2016
Free course from Parliament about...Parliament!

19th September 2016
Introducing the Parliament topic

12th October 2016
Legitimacy

Study Notes
Party System (organisation of politics)

Study Notes
Parliamentary debate

Study Notes
House of Lords

Study Notes
House of Commons

Study Notes
Is there sufficient parliamentary scrutiny of the government's Covid strategy?

21st September 2020
Another example of Tory backbench dissent

28th February 2021
Recommended politics podcasts

21st February 2021
More evidence that select committees are the engine rooms of our legislature

16th February 2021
Weakness of Parliament?

11th February 2021
Another good example of the use of Opposition Days

9th February 2021
Jeremy Hunt as chair of the health select committee

9th February 2021
A good example of how Parliament checks the government

25th January 2021
Rebels continuing to give the PM a headache

24th January 2021
Universal credit: successful use of Opposition Days by Labour?

21st January 2021
An update on a key British Politics topic

14th January 2021
The real PMQs

7th January 2021
Great little resource for online learning

6th January 2021
The UK Parliament and its representative function

8th December 2020
Rebels, rebels? The tiers are a mess

1st December 2020
Does PMQs serve any real purpose?

7th October 2020
The Fixed Term Parliament Act - Has it outlived its purpose?

17th December 2018
Brexit Vote interactive simulator

17th November 2018
Is the House of Lords 'thwarting Brexit'?

11th May 2018
How effective is Parliament in controlling UK government and representing citizens?

30th December 2017
Powers of the Crown

20th December 2017
How parliament matters more than people think

19th December 2017
A Level Politics: Study Note Listing - UK Government

Study Notes
Record number of female MPs in 2017

22nd June 2017
Should we temporarily move Parliament to Birmingham?

9th September 2016
Queen's Speech quick summary for AS students

18th May 2016
MPs expense claims - has anything really changed?

18th May 2016
Anywhere but Westminster? Does refurbishment give Politics a chance to re-engage?

25th April 2016
Dennis Skinner asked to leave the Commons - is the notion of adversarial politics a positive thing for UK democracy

11th April 2016
Best and worst MPs for Parliamentary Activity

25th February 2016
Parliament's lobbies

22nd February 2016
Should Parliament temporarily move out of London? Surely it's not that grim up North?

27th January 2016
Have you got what it takes to be an MP?

21st January 2016
Does 'English votes for English Laws' improve democracy?

14th January 2016
Cameron allows cabinet a free vote on EU referendum - other notable 'free votes'

5th January 2016
No change to voting age in EU Referendum

15th December 2015
John McDonnell's Little Red Book - political naivety?

26th November 2015
The difficulty in passing a Private Members Bill

16th November 2015
Canada's new, more representative Cabinet

9th November 2015
How useful are e-petitions?

3rd November 2015
Opposition Day - Tax Credits Debate

20th October 2015
Teaching Resources from the Parliament Education Team

11th September 2015

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