The Health and Social Care Committee will next week take evidence from lived experience witnesses, health professionals and senior officials from NHS Trusts and Integrated Care Boards, as it continues ...

The two world wars of 1914-18 and 1939-45 meant raising armies and defence forces of unprecedented size, as well as mobilising the entire population for a people's war. These demands profoundly ...

Salvaged and repaired, this account book for staff wages in the Serjeant at Arms' staff in the House of Commons contains entries right up to the day before the fire. This is one of the few remaining ...

In 1918 some women were given the vote as part of a wider expansion of the franchise. However restrictions including an age qualification of thirty years meant they still did not have the vote on ...

Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876-1948) was a lawyer, politician and the first leader of Pakistan. After spells studying and practising law in England he returned permanently to his homeland in the 1930s ...

Joseph Cowen was MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne between 1874 and 1886. Cowen was a radical activist, politician, journalist and printer. Cowen was known in the House of Commons for his choice to adopt the ...

Panoramic photograph of the Somme on the eve of battle, 1916 5 images Slideshow Letter from J P DuCane to Lloyd George on the first day of the Somme 6 images Slideshow Aerial photographs of the Somme ...

The Bill of attainder could still be blocked by the House of Lords, of which Strafford was a member, but the House was persuaded to pass the Bill as the threat of violence from the public was so great ...

Representation of the People Act 1918 In 1918 the Representation of the People Act was passed which allowed women over the age of 30 who met a property qualification to vote. Although 8.5 million ...

This case study is the result of a partnership between the Parliamentary Archives, Parliamentary Outreach, Kent History & Library Centre and Marden History Group. It is part of the Connecting with ...

When World War One began in 1914, Indian citizens became heavily involved in supporting the British war effort through the provision of men and resources. By the end of the conflict, the appetite for ...

This sketch by Harry Furniss (1854-1925), caricaturist and illustrator, shows the Ladies' Tea Room in the House of Commons.