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Tory leader Kemi Badenoch says current plans to refurbish the Palace of Westminster are "out of control". Source link

Australia's lower house of parliament has voted in favour of a national gun buyback programme and new checks on firearm licence applications, a month after the deadly shooting at ...

Shelley Phelps,Wales Westminster correspondentandAlexandra Banfi,BBC WalesEllie JamesOwain James, seen here with daughter Amelia and wife Ellie, died from a brain tumour in 2024A woman whose husband died from a ...

An Australian senator has provoked anger for wearing a burka in parliament, after pushing for a ban on the Muslim garment.Pauline Hanson was condemned by fellow senators, with one ...

Angus CochraneBBC ScotlandPA MediaPlans to scrap Scotland's controversial not proven verdict have been approved by MSPs.The move is part of wide-ranging justice reforms which will also increase the threshold ...

BBCStriking Parliamentary staff stage a protest outside Parliament Hundreds of security staff based in the Houses of Parliament are taking strike action in a dispute over pay and conditions.Public ...

Lynsey BewsPolitical correspondent, BBC Scotland andAngus CochraneBBC Scotland News Getty ImagesColin Smyth's parliamentary pass has been deactivated An MSP hosted a group of girl guides at the Scottish Parliament ...

An Australian politician and convicted rapist has resigned from parliament moments before he was to be kicked out, after losing a legal challenge to remain.Gareth Ward, 44, was last ...

An Australian senator has revealed a dead salmon in a plastic bag while speaking in parliament, in protest against a bill being debated.The bill is designed to protect salmon-farming ...

Getty ImagesVaughan Gething made history in March when he became the first black man to be elected Welsh Labour leaderFormer first minister of Wales Vaughan Gething has announced he ...