The Rump may have started out as a radical experiment, but the social conservatism of the majority of its members was quickly revealed as it cracked down on radicals in the Army. In 1649-51, Cromwell ...

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In 1805 an abolition bill failed in Parliament, for the eleventh time in 15 years. The London Committee decided to renew pressure, and Thomas Clarkson was sent on a tour of the committees nationwide ...

The Provisions of Oxford were created in 1258 by a group of barons led by Simon de Montfort. The provisions forced Henry III to accept a new form of government. Written confirmations of the Provisions ...

Mass political party membership became a phenomenon in Britain only after 1945. The Labour Party first formed in 1900, but only started collating its membership figures from 1928. The Conservative ...

Learn with the Lords provides a range of opportunities for young people aged 7 to 18 to engage with members of the House of Lords. In a 45-minute Microsoft Teams video call, school groups and home ...

The earliest factories (or mills) had grown up in the later 18th century around the expanding cotton industry in Lancashire. Conditions of work were grim and factory owners often imposed excessively ...

The Lords Chamber is the most lavishly-decorated room in the Palace of Westminster. It has the grandest interior because it is where the three elements of Parliament (the Sovereign, the Lords and the ...

Henry VIII's break with Rome during the 1530s meant momentous changes in the nation's religious affairs. It also placed Parliament in a pre-eminent position in relation to the new Church of England.

The Indian Independence Act was passed in 1947. The act created two new independent dominions; India and Pakistan. Pakistan was split into Pakistan and East Pakistan which is now Bangladesh. The ...

The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the government's chief finance minister and one of the most senior members of the Cabinet. They are responsible for setting levels of taxation and public spending ...

At the outbreak of the First World War, Emmeline Pankhurst suspended the activities of the Women's Social and Political Union and concentrated her efforts on helping the government recruit women into ...