The Conservative Prime Minister, Edward Heath, took the UK into the EEC in January 1973 after President de Gaulle of France had blocked UK membership twice in the 1960s. This brought EEC membership to ...

The UK Parliament has two Houses that work on behalf of UK citizens to check and challenge the work of Government, make and shape effective laws, and debate/make decisions on the big issues of the day ...

To the House of Commons. All petitions must be addressed to the House of Commons. Starting a petition like this helps to make it clear who your petition is for. The petition of … Include a brief ...

The Chapel of St Stephen's has shaped much of the nature of the House of Commons as we know it today. In 1348, Edward III established the Chapel as a college for secular canons. When services were ...

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This award was launched in 2009. It is granted to the next of kin of Armed Forces personnel killed on operations or as a result of terrorism as a mark of national recognition for their loss. Named the ...

The hour figure of 4 o'clock is shown by the Roman numeral IV, rather than the usual IIII on other clocks. Pendulum adjustment: pre-decimal pennies are used to regulate the clock mechanism. Adding one ...

The riotous proceedings which accompanied polling during the by-election in Middlesex in December 1768 required the intervention of the House of Commons. This order, drafted by the Clerk of the House ...